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Rumour: Are Universal Planning A Middle Earth Theme Park?

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

And word of a real Middle Earth tourist attraction you can visit today.

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I’ve Seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey And Want To Tell You About It

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

My first impressions of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

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Latest, Greatest Hobbit Videoblog Digs Into Post Production, Goblin-Town

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The Goblin-town stuff is my favourite. All of it.

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Trailer: The Hobbit, As Made By Schoolkids

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Why not make a version of The Hobbit when you’re Hobbit-sized. Makes sense to me.

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Video: More New Footage Turns The Hobbit Trailer Into A Choose Your Own Adventure

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Interactivity in The Shire with all new footage.

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New Hobbit Photos Kick Off Tolkien Week

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

We’ll have a new trailer on Wednesday, but first – groovy new pics.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals The Teasing Introduction Of Smaug To The Hobbit Movies

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Plus: “I hope Smaug gets to keep Ben’s beautiful eyes”

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Hobbit To Receive Only A “Select” Release At 48FPS, And That’s A Bad Thing

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

A kind of sentimentality is getting in the way again.

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Peter Jackson Really Is Planning A Third Hobbit Movie After All

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

It was rumoured then rebuffed but now it’s on the table again, thanks to some very credible reporting. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. will let Peter Jackson go back on set, shoot some more for The Hobbit and …

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First Look At Weta’s Trolls For The Hobbit, Fresh From Comic-Con

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Hello big boys.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Appears To Have Been Delayed, At The Very Least In Britain

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

A new release date for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has started popping up all over the place. Instead of December 14th, we’re now seeing December 26th.

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Does This Lord Of The Rings Family Tree Teach Us Anything About Gender Representation In Middle Earth?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Or will we get a better idea from the Tea Party’s Christine O’Donnell…?

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Billy Connolly Is A Late Addition To The Cast Of The Hobbit, So Here’s His Routine About A Dwarf

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

My hunch is that Peter Jackson’s casting agent really likes British comedy. Indeed, I believe that Bill Bailey, Johnny Vegas and Alan Davies all auditioned for The Lord of the Rings, or The Hobbit or both, but none of them won a role. But the Big Yin did.

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VIDEO: Long Lost Animated Version Of The Hobbit, As Made In Under A Month

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Recently hauled out of the vaults and uploaded to the internet is a most interesting short animation based upon The Hobbit. It was animated and edited within a single month by Gene Deitch… but why in such a hurry? You …

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Mirkwood Will Be Part Fantasy, Part Tolkien Biopic

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Author Steve Hillard has reached an agreement with the infamously protective Tolkien estate that will now see, after some initial fears, his novel Mirkwood make it to publication and what’s more, he’s signed a deal that will see the book …

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Peter Jackson’s Third Hobbit Video Blog

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Here’s the third chapter of The Hobbit Vlogs, in which Peter Jackson is teleported from New Zealand to the UK, and explains why (we sort of already knew). We’re also treated to plenty of footage of the cast on set, …

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Stop! Hobbit Time: Thorin Oakenshield Revealed

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Let’s prise open the last little window of our The Hobbit tie-in Dwarf advent calendar and see what we find behind… Why, it’s Thorin Oakenshield, as played by Richard Armitage. No, sadly he isn’t made of cheap, waxy chocolate. A …

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Balin. Dwalin. Dwarves. The Hobbit. You Know The Drill

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

In Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, Ken Stott is playing Balin and Graham McTavish is playing Dwalin. Courtesy of Time, here comes a picture and some text. And yes, there is an echo in here. Don’t worry – there’s only Thorin …

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