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Hobbit actor Martin Freeman started off playing the role of Richard III on July 8 in Jamie Lloyd’s first production of his second season at Trafalgar Transformed, Richard III, which will run through September 27. In […]
Martin Freeman’s screen credits show a lot of variety — The Office, The Hobbit films, Sherlock, and Fargo, to name a few. But this summer marks the actor’s first professional foray into Shakespeare. Freeman is […]
Actor Jed Brophy has shed a little light on how he sees his fellow The Hobbit cast mates. In an interview with jaimepaslactu Jed talks about his career and his relationship with director Peter Jackson, but he also […]
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 […]
Happy Birthday to Adam Brown who turns 34 today! Around these parts, Adam Brown is known for his portrayal of the dwarf Ori in The Hobbit films. We can’t imagine anyone else in the role […]
Deviantartist Flocature’s (aka Catherine) newest project is this tiny Hobbit Hole under a glass globe. It is made of Super Sculpey, painted with acrylics, and attached to an adjustable ring base. Catherine promises that it will be available […]
Well that didn’t take long! Only days after Adam Brown, who plays Ori in The Hobbit, posted this selfie of the dwarves at HobbitCon, enterprising artist Leigh created the top image with all of their […]
Since every one of us here at Middle-earth News is first of all a devoted fan of Tolkien’s marvelous universe, we often dream, with an occasional sigh of longing, of a quiet and benign life […]
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 […]
In this striking video, we get to see New Zealand through the eyes of the cast of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Stunning scenery to be sure, but I seem to have the vision of Stephen […]
