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The Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research instrument (SPHERE) was installed in Chile last month. This high-powered telescope is going to allow astronomers to see some pretty cool stuff, and among the first images was this one […]
Join the fun this weekend: Middle-Earth Launch Party = music, dancing & cake! @TolkienSociety http://t.co/IVXkictGFN pic.twitter.com/JQgPIUi0Gq — RHS Garden Rosemoor (@RHS_Rosemoor) May 21, 2014 The Royal Horticulture Society is hosting A Middle-earth Launch Party this […]
The Hobbiton Movie set shared this picture to ramp up anticipation for their evening tours which will start in June of this year. After a tour of the hobbit village, guests will be treated to […]
Nic Healey of CNET Australia recently sat down with Dave Clayton, Animation Supervisor at Weta Digital. In the video interview, Clayton shared a number of fascinating tidbits about some of the Oscar-nominated visual effects in […]
Benedict Cumberbatch continues his slow take-over of the world this week after he was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People. TIME referred to him as “the alarmingly talented English star” and fellow actor […]
Fans were treated last week to a number of interviews given by actor Richard Armitage, who portrays Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit films. Armitage was a nominee and a presenter at the Jameson Empire Awards […]
The Daily Mail reported today that Martin Freeman will take to the London stage this summer as Richard III, the actor’s first Shakespearean role. Freeman reportedly made a pact with Benedict Cumberbatch about playing Shakespeare. […]
The Hobbit actors have been making the news this week. Let’s see what they’ve been up to. Benedict Cumberbatch It’s been confirmed that Benedict Cumberbatch (Smaug) will play Hamlet at The Barbican Theatre in London […]
“Truly, the tales and songs fall utterly short of your enormity, oh Smaug the Stupendous.” In his encounter with the dragon Smaug in the deep halls of Erebor in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, […]
Matt Aitken, the Hobbit’s Visual Effects Supervisor, talks about the realization of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in a recent interview with Flickering Myth. Aitken was supported by the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe […]
