The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 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 […]
The N Z Provincial Reconstruction Team (NZPRT) in Afghanistan have a treat in store this Christmas . They will see the first showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the country. The film […]
So here we are. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey under our belts, leaving many of us wanting to see The Desolation of Smaug NOW! To help with the wait, here’s a slightly spoilery video of The […]
Authored by Middle-earth Network Founder Mark Ostley. Hollywood. The name evokes images of glitz, stars, red carpets, and jaded studio executives who sit in ivory towers. Meet Mark Ordesky who turns that image upside down […]
I had imagined I’d feel lots of different emotions at the Royal Film Performance London premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but blind panic was not one of them. Yet that was what I felt as […]
This is the first in a special “Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit” series by Middle-earth News Contributor NomadicWriter. Who would have imagined that Martin Freeman, who had previously played Tim in the BBC’s Golden […]
When he was a guest on The Colbert Report, actor Martin Freeman said that receiving his LEGO Bilbo figure was one of the proudest days of his life. “On the last day of shooting, we […]
Last year, when Peter Jackson was 50, I recall hearing that The Hobbit dwarves had given him a rather unique Dwarven Calendar as a birthday gift. And that was that. No other details were given…until now. The […]
Academy Award winner Tami Lane supervised all the prosthetic makeup for The Hobbit. She talked to LA Times Hero Complex about preparing the dwarves and the challenge Peter Jackson’s decision to film in 48 fps gave her. […]
Designer Ann Maskrey had the wonderful job of creating the costumes for all of the characters in The Hobbit. She’s been talking to the LA Times Hero Complex about her work on film. Ann had […]
