Post Tagged with: "Desolation of Smaug"

The Challenges of Visual Effects for The Desolation of Smaug

Last week, the Academy Award nominations have been revealed with three nominations for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in the categories Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, and Sound Editing. With the ever increasing technological advances, […]

Dan Hennah Receives Art Directors Guild Nomination

Awards season has officially kicked off and it seems The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug has been receiving nominations left and right! Most recently, set designer Dan Hennah received a nomination from the Art Directors Guild for “Excellence […]

NEW Behind-the-scenes Footage From Desolation of Smaug

Thanks to our friends over at Heirs of Durin, we have discovered these videos featuring NEW behind-the-scenes footage from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Each video highlights a different area worthy of an award. Directing: http://youtu.be/emUFXWS7rh0 […]

Join Adam Brown at a special screening of DOS for charity!

Enjoy a night of adventure and magic at a Desolation of Smaug screening with special guest Adam Brown. On Tuesday, January, 14 at the Corn Exchange Auditorium in Berkshire, Adam Brown will appear for a […]

Burger King’s ‘The Hobbit’ Themed Meals

Some of us may remember The Lord of the Rings tie-in food and toys Burger King had back when the trilogy was in theaters. Well this time around for The Hobbit, Malaysia has kept up that tradition. […]

Happy Birthday to Graham McTavish!

Happy Birthday to Scottish actor Graham McTavish, who turns 53 today! Graham was born on January 4, 1961 in Glasgow, Scotland. Graham’s resume is very impressive and quite long to say the least! We all […]

David Salo Helps Middle-earth News Solve the Mystery of Kíli’s Runestone

When you’re obsessed Tolkien fans like we are, it doesn’t take much to send you off on a quest for knowledge that results in pages upon pages of research written entirely in runes! It all […]

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Baby Smaug Found in Indonesia

Is it possible that dragons are not only creatures of myth and fantasy, but are living amongst us today? Local scientists in Indonesia are asking themselves that very question! Meet Agni, the most recent addition […]

Peter Jackson’s Newest Production Diary

As promised during the last production diary, Peter Jackson shared another video blog before the end of the year, wishing the fans a fantastic holiday. This video is all about the soundtrack of The Desolation […]

Ain’t no party like a Hobbit line party! Hey! Ho!

Our The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug line party at Raleigh IMAX this past December 12, 2013, was a definite success, thanks to the swag we received from our sponsors, for IMAX teaming up with […]