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New Methods Needed to Bring ‘The Hobbit’ to Life

New Methods Needed to Bring ‘The Hobbit’ to Life

Do you remember all of those people listed in the credits of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? The collaborative nature of film-making is one of the best things about it; people with different skill sets coming [...]

Hobbit Review Embargo Lifted, Spoilers Abound

Hobbit Review Embargo Lifted, Spoilers Abound

The final cut of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was only handed in last week, but since then, an assortment of journalists, bloggers, and critics were lucky enough to screen the film. They had to keep their [...]

Peter Jackson Answers Questions about HFR 3D

Peter Jackson Answers Questions about HFR 3D

In the final days before the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington, director Peter Jackson must be a busy man. The score for the film was just locked off this weekend [...]

Wellington And The World Prepare For ‘The Hobbit’

Wellington And The World Prepare For ‘The Hobbit’

In Wellington’s Embassy Theatre, home to the World Premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on November 28, crews are preparing for the big day. This week, the cinema’s main theatre has been closed for [...]

Where to See The Hobbit in 48 fps: Updated 18 November

Where to See The Hobbit in 48 fps: Updated 18 November

Updated 18, Nov – More UK cinemas added Updated 10 Nov –  Brazil,  China, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, UK Updated 9 November – Austria, Ireland, Netherlands added Updated 8 November – Belgium, Germany [...]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

There are now lifesize cardboard cutouts for characters from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Thorin and Kili stand at the dwarvish heights of 59 inches and 56 inches, respectively. But if they aren’t to your [...]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This fantastic shirt portrays the locations of The Lord of the Rings on a Tube Map resembling the London Underground and is available on Threadless.com. (I hear the Moria station is a thing to behold, [...]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

We noticed that there are some Tolkien/Hobbit/LOTR -related stories that seem to fall by the wayside every week. We hate that we don’t have time to cover everything, so we are instating a regular segment [...]

Hugo Weaving on ‘The Hobbit’ and 48fps

Hugo Weaving on ‘The Hobbit’ and 48fps

In a recent interview with Collider, Hugo Weaving described his experience filming the two Hobbit movies. “In some ways, it was a lot of fun to go back and be on a Rivendell set again [...]

Peter Jackson Responds to Complaints Made Regarding “The Hobbit” Footage

Peter Jackson Responds to Complaints Made Regarding “The Hobbit” Footage

Earlier this week at CinemaCon, Peter Jackson revealed a 10 min montage of the upcoming movie The Hobbit, putting the new technology he is using to shoot the movie on display. The reaction has been [...]

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