Benedict Cumberbatch says working with Peter Jackson was “amazing”. In an interview with Hollywood Outbreak the British star, who plays the dragon Smaug in the upcoming movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, says it was [...]
This amazing stained glass featuring a map of Middle-earth was created by Gerard Baines as his exam piece retraining in stain glass art. What do you think? Does he pass? (Lily Milos via Joe Gilronan) TomTom, the [...]
by Arwen × on May 13, 2013 at 1:47 pm ×
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 [...]
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 [...]
by lilymilos × on April 17, 2013 at 7:10 pm ×
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 [...]
by Myla × on March 26, 2013 at 8:40 am ×
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 [...]
by lilymilos × on December 7, 2012 at 3:25 pm ×
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 [...]
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. [...]
by lilymilos × on November 12, 2012 at 1:53 am ×
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 [...]
by lilymilos × on November 5, 2012 at 9:13 pm ×
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 [...]
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