The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming Richard Armitage, who plays Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit, has been talking to Dominion Post about the role, getting into character and fame. Talking about the audition for The Hobbit Richard says, “I thought, first of […]
Unless you are endowed with ample facial hair, turning yourself into a dwarf from The Hobbit usually means hours in the makeup chair. Warner Bros. recently released a new app on their Hobbit website that […]
The Japanese premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will take place in Tokyo on 1st December. Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman (Bilbo), Andy Serkis (Gollum), Richard Armitage (Thorin), Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) […]
Authored by Middle-earth News contributor Jack Machiela of Welly-moot. One week to go, and the new Hobbit movie will have its premiere! To say we’re mildly excited about this would be a bit of an understatement! Welly-moot […]
This just in from Trish Lambert! Olsen and Beagle and Tolkien, Oh My! Mythgard Institute’s First Annual Mythmoot will be all Hobbit, all the time… It was a real problem. After listening to The Tolkien […]
C’mon, admit it! One of the first things you think of when you think about hobbits is food. They are infamous for eating seven meals a day, though Second Breakfast might be the most hobbity. […]
…or why stopping to think isn’t just for Samwise Gamgee. Authored by Middle-earth News contributor Martin Burrows. (Ed: You’ll most likely have noticed that yesterday’s highest profile story surrounding the Hobbit movies was missing from Middle-earth News […]
The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life by Noble Smith was officially released in the US and UK last month. If you long for the simple and well-fed life of a […]
Authored by Middle-earth News contributor Martin Burrows. In a curious mashup of fandoms, geologists in the home of movie Middle-earth have declared, “She cannie take it, she’s gonna blow!” about Mount Doom itself. Mount Ruapehu, which doubled for […]
In the final days before the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington, director Peter Jackson must be a busy man. The score for the film was just locked off this weekend […]
