The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming Our congratulations to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! The film has been nominated for three Oscars in the following categories: Makeup and Hairstyling Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane Production Design Dan Hennah (Production Design); […]
Congratulations to Peter Jackson and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! Kiwi film-goers have voted The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey best picture and Peter Jackson best director in the Flicks.co.nz People’s Choice awards. The film has made nearly […]
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we meet Thorin Oakenshield’s nephew Kili, a naive, rash, yet brave young dwarf played by Irish actor Aidan Turner. Kili has his own story to tell over the course […]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has received three nominations for the British Academy Film Awards 2013. The nominations are all technical ones in the categories for Special Visual Effects, Sound, and Make Up and Hair. […]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey leads the way in the Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations for the 11th Annual VES Awards. The VES Awards recognise outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television, […]
Today is Day 12 of ‘The 12 Days of Bombur’, where Stephen talks the film’s promotional tour. Missed yesterday’s Q&A? Click here! Arwen: How was all the promotional touring for you? Did you get to meet many of […]
On January 3, 1892 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. During his lifetime he became a master storyteller, completing many novels such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Monsters and the Critics […]
Pauline Baynes is the English artist responsible for creating so many of the iconic illustrations for the books of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. I recently visited an exhibition of her drawings at Farnham […]
The Tolkien Professor Weighs in on Fan Reactions to Hobbit Film December 30, 2012 – Dover, DE. It should come as no surprise that, at least among devoted fans, the recent release of The Hobbit: […]
Official Tolkien Society Press Release: TOLKIEN FANS WORLDWIDE UNITE TO CELEBRATE AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAY On 3rd January, Tolkien fans from across the world will join together to celebrate the Twelfty-First Birthday of the late Professor […]
