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The Daily Mail reported today that Martin Freeman will take to the London stage this summer as Richard III, the actor’s first Shakespearean role. Freeman reportedly made a pact with Benedict Cumberbatch about playing Shakespeare. […]
The Hobbit actors have been making the news this week. Let’s see what they’ve been up to. Benedict Cumberbatch It’s been confirmed that Benedict Cumberbatch (Smaug) will play Hamlet at The Barbican Theatre in London […]
It’s Throwback Thursday, so here’s a story from Wellington in November 2012, just before The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey premiere. When Garrett Robinson was asked to deliver three Severn Lang bags to Adam Brown in […]
Back in 2012 when Ian McKellen was in New Zealand working on The Hobbit, airbrush artist Talia Pearson asked him to sign some of her work. Talia had painted a tribute to The Hobbit – on a […]
This is so exciting! The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has the top number of nominations in the Jameson Empire Awards and that must, in part, be down to the great number of Middle-earth News readers […]
Happy Birthday, Ryan Gage! Ryan is a British actor who brings a smile to our faces as Alfrid, the Master of Lake Town’s councillor, in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He was originally cast as Drogo […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is continuing to outperform its competitors at the box office, grossing over $500,000,000 worldwide in less than a month. It’s doing so well that I underestimated how early I […]
I was quite often asking people, “When does he go dark? Please, let me play that.” Cause I like playing that and I very easily go to that, you know what I mean? It’s a […]
While we were enjoying the live streaming of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug world premiere the analysts, Wavemetrix, were busy watching us watch it. And just what did they discover? Well, that live streaming is great […]
If you are one of the millions of fans looking forward to watch the world premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, maybe you need to spend the time before the event in an […]
