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Bilbo Baggins Goes for the Gold in First Pic from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Bilbo Baggins Goes for the Gold in First Pic from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Nix December 7, 2012

Here’s your first official look at Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) from “The Hobbit Part 2: The Desolation of Smaug”. The second part of Peter Jackson’s new Middle Earth trilogy opens December 13, 2013 next...

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The Hobbit Part 2: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Movie Preview, Images, and Videos

The Hobbit Part 2: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Movie Preview, Images, and Videos

Nix November 7, 2012

Starring: Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lee Pace, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Billy Connolly, Evangeline Lilly, Andy Serkis, Luke Evans, Christopher Lee, Aidan Turner Directed by: Peter Jackson Release...

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The Hobbit Parts 2 and 3 Get New Titles, Release Dates

The Hobbit Parts 2 and 3 Get New Titles, Release Dates

Nix August 31, 2012

We already know that “The Hobbit Part 1″ will be subtitled “An Unexpected Journey”, and we thought we knew that “The Hobbit Part 2″ will be called “There and Back Again”. Well, not anymore....

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Peter Jackson Confirms That The Hobbit Will Indeed Become a Trilogy

Peter Jackson Confirms That The Hobbit Will Indeed Become a Trilogy

Nix July 30, 2012

Previous reports had Peter Jackson being “in talks” with Warner Bros. and New Line to expand his two-part “Hobbit” movie into a three-film deal, aka that mythical thing all Hollywood producers dream off, a...

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Rejoice, Middle Earthlings, Peter Jackson Wants to Make a THIRD Hobbit Movie

Rejoice, Middle Earthlings, Peter Jackson Wants to Make a THIRD Hobbit Movie

Nix July 24, 2012

Ironic, since a few years ago Jackson wasn’t even sure if he wanted to invest the years necessary to even direct the “Hobbit” films, before eventually being talked into it. Now he’s looking at...

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Early Reviews of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit are Apparently Underwhelming

Early Reviews of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit are Apparently Underwhelming

Nix April 25, 2012

As you may or may not recall, when Peter Jackson first officially announced that he was shooting his two “Hobbit” films at 48 frames per second instead of the 24 frames that films have...

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Gandalf and Bilbo Take Center Stage In the Latest Issue of Empire Magazine

Gandalf and Bilbo Take Center Stage In the Latest Issue of Empire Magazine

Todd Rigney June 28, 2011

If you’re anything like me, you start foaming at the mouth whenever new images or info regarding Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” make their way into the public forum. The lucky little boys and girls...

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The Hobbit Adds Evangeline Lilly and Barry Humphries

The Hobbit Adds Evangeline Lilly and Barry Humphries

Nix June 20, 2011

Peter Jackson is taking this whole social networking thing seriously, which is good news for those of you dying to know every little bit of news from the director’s New Zealand set of “The...

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Benedict Cumberbatch Doing Double Duty on The Hobbitt

Benedict Cumberbatch Doing Double Duty on The Hobbitt

Nix June 17, 2011

Benedict Cumberbatch, owner of the best damn name in the history of British television, will be playing not one, but two characters in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit Part 1: An Unexpected Journey” (yeah, still...

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The Hobbit Movies Officially Get Some, I Guess You Could Say, Unexpected Titles

The Hobbit Movies Officially Get Some, I Guess You Could Say, Unexpected Titles

Nix May 30, 2011

The triumvirate of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM have made it official via the upcoming films’ Facebook page: the first “Hobbit” movie, due out on December 14, 2012, will be titled...

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Peter Jackson Confirms Legolas Will be in The Hobbit

Peter Jackson Confirms Legolas Will be in The Hobbit

Nix May 27, 2011

Peter Jackson, Lord of Middle Earth, has confirmed via Facebook that Orlando Bloom, who played Legolas in the three “Lord of the Rings” films, will indeed be reprising his warrior elf in “The Hobbit”...

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Peter Jackson Welcomes You Back to Middle Earth

Peter Jackson Welcomes You Back to Middle Earth

Nix April 14, 2011

Director Peter Jackson welcomes you back to Middle Earth in this first behind-the-scenes video from his Facebook page. Take a gander at what goes down behind the scenes of “The Hobbit”, won’t you? “The...

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Peter Jackson Confirms He’s Shooting The Hobbit at 48 Frames Per Second

Peter Jackson Confirms He’s Shooting The Hobbit at 48 Frames Per Second

Nix April 13, 2011

Peter Jackson has confirmed rumors that he intends to shoot his two “Hobbit” films in 48 frames per second rather than the standard (for the last century, or thereabouts) of 24 frames per second....

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Saoirse Ronan Talks About Re-Uniting with Peter Jackson on The Hobbit

Saoirse Ronan Talks About Re-Uniting with Peter Jackson on The Hobbit

Nix March 28, 2011

“Hanna” teen killer Saoirse Ronan may or may not be heading off to New Zealand to join Bilbo Baggins and crew on Peter Jackson’s two “The Hobbit” films, but if she has her way,...

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Skinny Peter Jackson Returns to the Land of The Hobbit

Skinny Peter Jackson Returns to the Land of The Hobbit

Nix March 20, 2011

Director Peter Jackson wants you to know that he’s alive and well (and skinny) and has returned to the land of the hobbits, where he’ll be filming the two “Hobbit” movies back-to-back. As assurances...

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Meet (Most of) the Cast of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit

Meet (Most of) the Cast of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit

Nix February 11, 2011

Their Lord and King Peter Jackson may be still recuperating from his recent trip to the hospital, but (most of) the boys of “The Hobbit” have assembled in Wellington, New Zealand in preparation for...

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Peter Jackson’s Adaptation Of The Hobbit Finally Has A Start Date

Peter Jackson’s Adaptation Of The Hobbit Finally Has A Start Date

Brent McKnight February 7, 2011

After director changes, casting issues, problems with financing, and a fire, yes, a fire, Peter Jackson’s long-awaited adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein’s classic “The Hobbit” finally announced a start date. The One Ring reports that...

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Peter Jackson Gets Hospitalized, The Hobbit Gets Delayed Again

Peter Jackson Gets Hospitalized, The Hobbit Gets Delayed Again

Nix January 27, 2011

Oh, Hobbit, will we ever see you on the big screen one of these days? That answer is Oh sure, but when is another matter. After surviving a slew of delays, problems, and legal...

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Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen Officially Signed for The Hobbit Movies

Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen Officially Signed for The Hobbit Movies

Nix January 10, 2011

No surprise here. Andy Serkis has signed a deal to return as Gollum in Peter Jackson’s two “Hobbit” movies. He’ll be joining Martin Freeman, playing a younger version of Bilbo Baggins, along with Elijah...

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Frodo aka Elijah Wood All but Confirmed for The Hobbit Movies — SPOILERS

Frodo aka Elijah Wood All but Confirmed for The Hobbit Movies — SPOILERS

Nix January 10, 2011

He doesn’t actually appear in the J.R.R. Tolkien novel, but that isn’t going to keep Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood from putting diminutive but heroic hobbit Frodo Baggins into the two “Hobbit” movies anyway....

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