Post Tagged with: "The Hobbit"

Exclusive Hobbiton Set Photos!

Middle-earth News is fortunate to have Jack Machiela as our intrepid reporter! He and his wife visited the Hobbiton set in Matamata in January. They took plenty of photos, but were unable to share them […]

How to Cook for a Hobbit? Ask a Welshman!

The set of The Hobbit may be full of celebrity actors and filmmakers, but David Gell from Llanfairfechan, Wales is the star of the show in his mother’s eyes. Gell was one of hundreds of […]

‘Hobbit’ Movie Merchandise Makes Its First Move

Some advertisements for Hobbit merchandise have begun to pop up on the internet. There aren’t many concrete details (especially photos) yet, but these are the first of many items that fans will be clamoring to […]

Hobbit Actors Help Pens for Poverty

Writing a play and having it performed in public would be the dream of many a youngster and for some lucky children it’s about to come true thanks to the charity ChildFund. The New Zealand […]

“This Year’s Tolkien Reading Day Theme: 75 Years of ‘The Hobbit'”, says The Tolkien Society

Official Tolkien Society Press Release: The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that, in celebration of this momentous year, the theme for this year’s Tolkien Reading Day on 25th March will be “75 years of The Hobbit“.Founded […]

Amazing Photos of Hobbiton

On his Flickr account, Gareth Eves recently posted some amazing photos of the Hobbiton set from a recent trip to New Zealand. When I sought permission to post them on the Middle-earth News site, he […]

Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: Peter Jackson’s New ‘Hobbit’ Production Diary

Only yesterday, Peter Jackson released his newest Production Video Blog, and it has our hearts racing and yearning for New Zealand!  Though Jackson points out that he can’t reveal the Laketown set until 2013, he […]

‘The Hobbit’ Production Diary #6 is Here at Last!

BREAKING: Peter Jackson has released the sixth production diary from the set of “The Hobbit” on his Facebook page just moments ago! Be sure to keep reading Middle-earth News today as we analyze this newest glimpse […]

Sylvester McCoy Juggles ‘The Hobbit’ and Theatre

Sylvestor McCoy will play Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit, but he’s currently taking time away from Middle-earth to play Mr. Peters in the play Plume at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. McCoy said to Mark Fisher […]

Viggo Mortensen’s ‘Hobbit’ Interview

Viggo Mortensen was interviewed by The Boston Phoenix earlier today. Mortensen, who played Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, will not be reprising his role in the upcoming Hobbit films. […]