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Benedict Cumberbatch: Working With Peter Jackson Was Amazing

Benedict Cumberbatch says working with Peter Jackson was “amazing”. In an interview with Hollywood Outbreak the British star, who plays the dragon Smaug in the upcoming movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, says it was […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This amazing stained glass featuring a map of Middle-earth was created by Gerard Baines as his exam piece retraining in stain glass art. What do you think? Does he pass? (Lily Milos via Joe Gilronan) TomTom, the […]

Benedict Cumberbatch on Smaug

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Smaug the dragon in the second film in The Hobbit trilogy  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.  In an interview with Time Out, this is what he had to say about the role: “Working […]

Martin Freeman Talks About The Hobbit, Benedict and Andy

Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit films, has been talking to CraveOnline about his role as Bilbo Baggins. In the exclusive interview Martin talks about the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug the dragon and about […]

Box Office Heights Reflected in IMDB

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey set a new US box office record for a December opening, grossing an estimated  $84.8 million last weekend. The film opened in 56 countries and was hit world-wide, with $138.2 million being […]

Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit: Martin Freeman – An Unexpected Hero?

This is the first in a special “Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit” series by Middle-earth News Contributor NomadicWriter. Who would have imagined that Martin Freeman, who had previously played Tim in the BBC’s Golden […]

Star Trek To Preview Before The Hobbit

There’s an extra treat in store for fans of The Hobbit and Star Trek this December. A nine minute preview of Star Trek into Darkness will be shown in selected cinemas before The Hobbit: An Unexpected […]

Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry Read From Moby Dick

Hobbit actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry are two of the celebrities who are taking part in The Moby Dick Big Read, a project to help promote reading and Herman Melville’s classic novel to a […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

If you’re looking to broadcast your excitement about the fast-approaching release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, you have plenty of Facebook banners to choose from. (Evie Bowman) New Zealand courted Warner Bros. for the production of […]

Ian McKellen Hosts Charity Gala

Sir Ian McKellen hosted a gala dinner and charity auction last Friday to raise money for the Park Theatre, London. The event was held at the Globe Theatre  and among the celebrities was fellow Hobbit actor […]