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The Hobbit: Adventures in Cosplay

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view–” “Sir?” “–until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” To Kill a Mockingbird Cosplayers enjoy the unique […]

Desolation of Smaug Stamps for NZ

New Zealand Post is issuing a set of stamps to celebrate the release of the second film in  The Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The set of six stamps individually depict Thorin (70c),  Tauriel […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

In to reading? The Middle-earth News staff love to curl up to a good book any chance we can get, so when we saw these The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug bookmarks, we had to […]

Luke Evans on Becoming Bard

Luke Evans, who plays Bard in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, is delighted to be using his own Welsh accent in the film. In an interview with HitFix Luke says, “I had a phone call with [co-screenwriter/producer] […]

Exclusive New Banner For The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Exclusive new banner art for #TheHobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! For a closer look, visit http://t.co/N5mLYSyuOO pic.twitter.com/0btCH1vVEL — The Hobbit (@TheHobbitMovie) October 16, 2013   The Hobbit Movie Twitter profile has just shared a new […]

James Nesbitt’s Girls to Play Bard’s Daughters

James Nesbitt has revealed that his daughters play two of Bard’s children in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. James, who plays the dwarf Bofur, was at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast on Sunday, talking […]

LEGO Lake Town Chase Revealed

LEGO revealed a new  licensed set for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug at San Diego Comic Con: the Lake Town Chase. The set consists of  Lake Town buildings, a ship and five characters. There’s Bilbo and […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth–In Pictures!

Every week, our Middle-earth News reporters seek out Tolkien/Hobbit/LOTR goodness and tag their finds with their names. This week, we found so many images that this will be a predominantly picture-based “Eagle’s View of Middle-earth.” […]

‘Desolation of Smaug’ Trailer Will Be Released Soon!

UPDATE: The first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be released Tuesday, June 11! We’ve been anxiously anticipating a trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug every since…well, let’s face it. We’ve been […]

‘Smaug’ Plays It Safe At CinemaCon

The big story that came out of last year’s CinemaCon was that the 10 minutes of footage from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was shown at 48 frames per second, in an effort to convince cinema owners to upgrade to the […]