Aidan Turner: Acting the Hero
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we meet Thorin Oakenshield’s nephew Kili, a naive, rash, yet brave young dwarf played by Irish actor Aidan Turner. Kili has his own story to tell over the course […]
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From all of us at Middle-earth News, Happy Yuletide!
It’s hard to believe a year ago we were all weeping over the fact that we still had an entire year to go before ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ hit theaters. Yet, here we all […]
Red Carpet, Celebrities, and Autographs
When we announced this tour and knew we’d be in Wellington for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey World Premiere, never in my wildest thoughts did I think I’d get a chance to meet any of […]
Air New Zealand Shows Off ‘Hobbit’ Plane
Air New Zealand unveiled their massive, newly made-up Hobbit plane this morning. Well technically, it’s made-up with dwarves! The Boeing ER is 73 metres and the largest of the Air New Zealand planes. General Marketing […]
An Eagle’s View Of Middle-earth
HobbitShop.com is having a Grand Opening Sale! In addition to Hobbit T-shirts, bookmarks, and action figures, serious fans can get one of these two panoramic posters (the character poster goes up to over 12 feet!) (Lily […]
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 […]
The Hobbit: Now With Atmos Sound
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be shown in selected cinemas with Atmos the new immersive sound format from Dolby. It will be shown in this format on 80 to 100 screens worldwide when it opens […]
First Image of Tauriel Surfaces
Ever since Peter Jackson announced Evangeline Lilly would be playing Tauriel, a warrior Elf in his up and coming Hobbit films, fans have wanted to know more about this new character that doesn’t exist in Tolkien’s books. Jackson has been […]
Clue to Extra Hobbit Filming
A set used in the making of The Hobbit films has been granted permission to remain until December 2013. The set is in the Maupuia bush and was used in earlier filming for the village of Dale. According […]
BREAKING: Second ‘Hobbit’ Movie Title and Third Movie Release Date!
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 […]
