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The Noble Collection has turned the beautiful buttons from the Bilbo costume in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey into a pin and cufflinks. They are available for pre-order from Forbidden Planet. (Lily Milos via Hobbit […]
UPDATED 9 October with full audio of Benedict’s interview at the CLF courtesy of Radio Times Benedict Cumberbatch was at the Cheltenham Literary Festival last weekend. He spoke on a variety of topics, but this is […]
In a recent interview with Total Film magazine, Benedict Cumberbatch talked about his rising career and sex-symbol status – and, most importantly, portraying the dragon Smaug in Peter Jackson’s upcoming Hobbit films. “It’s very freeing, […]
Origami artist Joseph Wu created this astoundingly beautiful and detailed origami Smaug the Golden. (Evie Bowman) Hobbit director Peter Jackson told the Waikato Times that he would be thrilled to shoot an episode of Doctor Who […]
Since Saturday, September 22 is Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ Birthday, what could be a better way to celebrate than by making a cake based on Middle-earth? Last year, our own Arwen Kester created a Hobbit […]
This Gandalf figure is one of several you can find at The Shire General Store shop on Etsy. 10 year-old Paul creates these handmade Lord of the Rings characters with the help of his younger […]
Weta Workshop just posted this to their Facebook Page! Warner Bros Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures jointly announced today that the final film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy adaptation of the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by […]
As the time draws closer to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey theatre premiere (December 14, 2012) we’re beginning to see more and more Hobbit-inspired merchandise pop up on the web. Most items are only available for pre-order, but there’s no harm in […]
Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed how he thinks Smaug will be introduced in The Hobbit. According to Bleeding Cool, the journalist Ann Richardson has said that, in a recent interview Benedict said, “I think my eye might […]
Benedict Cumberbatch who plays Smaug and Necromancer in The Hobbit, has been talking to The Telegraph about the filming of Smaug. Describing Smaug as ‘a 400-year-old fire-breathing worm who lives in the middle of a mountain on top of […]
