Post Tagged with: "Smaug"

The Bridge Direct Tantalizes Fans with Comic-Con Exclusive Figure Clues and Giveaway

Hot off The Bridge Direct Press: In honor of The Hobbit‘s 13 dwarves, TODAY is the day that The Bridge Direct will start releasing clues about this year’s San Diego Comic-Con exclusive figure!! All clues – and […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Nathan Shields uses his unique talent of pancake portraiture to raise money for his children’s college funds. His amazing Hobbit pancakes look too good to eat! Except the Great Goblin. I can think of other reasons not to […]

‘Smaug’ Plays It Safe At CinemaCon

The big story that came out of last year’s CinemaCon was that the 10 minutes of footage from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was shown at 48 frames per second, in an effort to convince cinema owners to upgrade to the […]

New Website from Tolkien Artist: Ruth Lacon

The MyMiddle-earth Network now hosts the website for Tolkien-inspired artist, Ruth Lacon at ruthlacon.com! “Ruth Lacon was born in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.  An avid reader in childhood, she cannot remember when she first read The […]

Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit: Martin Freeman – An Unexpected Hero?

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 […]

Prosthetics Supervisor Tami Lane Talks The Hobbit

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. […]

Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry Read From Moby Dick

Hobbit actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry are two of the celebrities who are taking part in The Moby Dick Big Read, a project to help promote reading and Herman Melville’s classic novel to a […]

Weta Releases Two ‘Hobbit’ Shirts

If you’re like us, you love the great collectibles for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit from Weta Workshop. Their Hobbit shop has been filling up with sculptures, weapons, and prop replicas. But […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my leftover Halloween candy, but I have to admit that something like this never crossed my mind! You’ll want to visit the website for more […]

The Hobbit: Titbits and Spoilers

Peter Jackson reveals titbits and spoilers in the latest Empire magazine.  Here are some of them picked out by comicbookmovie . Smaug will make a “fleeting appearance” in the prologue. He will “remain as liquid tongued as the book’s […]