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See Peter Jackson And Ian McKellen Back On Set For The Hobbit"Back on set for our last Hobbit pick ups. Our last ever Tolkien pick ups, in fact. It's going to be an intense few weeks, but we're looking forward to shooting some powerful scenes with our great cast. Our next blog is coming soon!" ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-05-21 08:35:02comments
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug First Footage Unveiled By Peter JacksonFans who bought the Blu-ray of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey got the chance today to get the first look at the next chapter, The Desolation of Smaug, in a livestream event hosted by Peter Jackson. We were there, Blu-ray Ultraviolet code in hand, to watch it all play out through the magic of the Internet and Weta (well, probably-- they tend to be involved in every cool Hobbit-related thing at this point)....by Katey Rich | published: 2013-03-24 13:00:45comments
This Week In Home Entertainment: The Hobbit, Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables And MoreIt’s been a while since movie fans encountered such a stacked week for release. Several Academy Award winners are in the pile, as well as some favorites from directors Peter Jackson and Judd Apatow. Read on to learn about some of this week’s best releases, and maybe even a few that slipped under your radar. ...by Jessica Rawden | published: 2013-03-19 12:05:53comments
The Hobbit Blu-ray Infograph Gets Up Close And Personal With The CharactersThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been prepping for its epic Blu-ray and DVD release on March 22. To celebrate, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has put together another awesome infograph taking a look at some of the characters living in Middle-earth. The infograph does give some simplistic facts for what are extremely complex characters, but at the very least, the infograph looks really good....by Jessica Rawden | published: 2013-03-15 16:55:08comments
The Hobbit Blu-ray Infograph Reveals Facts About Hobbits, Elves And DwarvesIf history is any indication, home entertainment sets for Middle-earth oriented films have also always been pretty expansive and intricate and An Unexpected Journey seems as if it will follow the success of its Lord of the Rings counterparts. That’s a release that is certainly worth celebrating, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment isn’t shirking on giving fans some excellent extras, including an infograph explaining the “unique features” of hobbits, dwarves, and elves. ...by Jessica Rawden | published: 2013-03-12 18:19:35comments
Watch Gary Busey Sing A Horny Hobbit Rap SongEarlier this year, we shared a video from The Busey Zone that showed Busey in a restful moment, on a lovely hillside pondering the lives of hobbits. f you thought that was the end of Busey's thoughts on the sex lives of hobbits, count yourself as very, very wrong. This time he shakes it up with a song. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-03-04 11:04:17comments
All The Details On The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray And DVDThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download much sooner than expected. The first film in Peter Jackson’s newest trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous novel, The Hobbit, only hit theaters on December 14, but the home entertainment release will have a fairly quick turnaround....by Jessica Rawden | published: 2013-02-05 16:04:41comments
Watch The Hobbit Get 18 Sequels In A Funny Saturday Night Live SketchThink two additional Hobbit movies is a bit excessive? How about eighteen? Last night's episode of Saturday Night Live imagined such a scenario with a fake movie trailer that promotes these possible Hobbit followups, and includes a snippet of footage from a few of them. Among them, The Hobbit II: Trying to Split a Complicated Dinner Bill. ...by Kelly West | published: 2013-01-20 11:14:58comments
Parody Video Explains How The Hobbit Should Have EndedBecause J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit before ever imagining that it would turn into The Lord of the Rings, the book really doesn't have that many details about what the One Ring really is. Sure, the story includes Gollum calling the ring his "Precious" and it still has the ability to turn its wearer invisible, but the subject of Sauron, Mordor, and Mount Doom never really come up in Tolkien's first Middle-earth book and the jewelry's history is never actually explained....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-01-18 16:32:09comments
The Hobbit Featurettes Take You Into The Making Of Gollum, The Goblin King And MorePeter Jackson's Middle-earth films are thrilling and entertaining in their own right as adventure films, but they are also just as much about spectacle. And that's where the work of Weta Digital comes in. The visual effects company first got the opportunity to show off its skills with the Lord of the Rings trilogy and even before Andy Serkis' motion-captured Gollum appeared on screen for the first time audiences were floored by the visual wonder of it all....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-01-17 12:20:16comments
The Hobbit's Dwarves Creep And Frolic In NZ Music VideoThe kiwi band Claude Rains had a bit of fun with some of the film's cast in a special Hobbit Version music video for their sweet song "You Say." As band mates Murray Hewitt, Heather Weir, and Andrew Bain play guitar, tambourine and bass respectively, they are surrounded by off-duty dwarves James Nesbitt (Bofur), Stephen Turner (Kili), Graham McTavish (Dwalin), Jed Brophy (Nori), Adam Brown (Ori), and Mark Hadlow (Dori). ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-16 09:33:02comments
Gary Busey Wants To Discuss Hobbits And Hobbitism With YouWhen he's not working, Busey is pondering some of life's more confounding questions, like what's the deal with hobbits? In this bizarre video, Busey considers the Halflings of Middle Earth at length, explaining to no one in particular about their habits, preference for cockroach jewelry, and their indecipherable genders. Check it out and be awe-struck. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-15 10:47:34comments
The Hobbit Has Made So Much That New Zealand Wants Its Money BackThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been out for little more than a month and yet has already pulled in more than $886 million worldwide. While this should be all around great news for film's director Peter Jackson and its distributor Warner Bros., its meteoric rise has inspired a rabblerousing politician to demand about $56 million dollars be refunded...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-01-15 09:15:18comments
The 10 Best Movie Music Moments Of 2012For the last two weeks we have been applauding the best work of the year, from our individual critical top 10s to lists of our favorite action scenes, on-screen couples, facial hair statements, lines of dialogue, breakthrough performances and much more. And now it’s time to celebrate those very special moments of 2012 when cinema and music fell into perfect harmony....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-31 13:11:10comments
Watch The 1985 Soviet Union Version Of The HobbitWe have a much different version of The Hobbit for you - a Russian-language adaptation that aired on the Leningrad TV Channel back in 1985 has been posted online. It might make you rethink your criticisms of Jackson’s efforts, which – at the very least – show love of Tolkien’s writings in virtually every scene....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-27 14:09:26comments
Les Miserables, Django Unchained And The Hobbit Lead The Pack At The Christmas Box OfficeTis the season to hear the people sing, as evidenced by the numbers being reported for the anticipated box office take for Les Miserables, which arrived in theaters yesterday for its Christmas release. Tom Hooper's adaptation of the popular stage musical isn't the only film with cause to celebrate. Django Unchained and The Hobbit also did well. ...by Kelly West | published: 2012-12-26 07:42:44comments
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Passes $100 Million DomesticallyThe Lord of the Rings movies are some of the biggest blockbusters of all time. All three titles are featured in the top 35 highest grossing domestic film of all time, and even when adjusted for inflation they still make the top 80. While things could change, as of now it looks as though The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey won't have quite the same success as Peter Jackson's previous Tolkien adaptations, but it certainly is making a lot of money very fast....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-19 21:20:11comments
Science Explains Why The Hobbit Looks Weird In 48 Frames Per SecondMovieline interviewed filmmaker James Kerwin, who also lectures on the science of film perception and consciousness. He explained that humans actually view reality at what would be a 66 frames-per-second calculation, so the human brain likely will adjust to the 48-frame presentation in time. ...by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-18 06:14:08comments
5 Things We Want To See In The Hobbit: The Desolation Of SmaugThe fun thing about Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth movies is that there’s no hemming and hawing about when we might get a sequel. Jackson has spent most of the last two years in production on The Hobbit trilogy, and while they still have some more stuff to shoot they’re now just assembling their footage and getting ready to send The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug into theaters....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-17 14:02:33comments
Wait, Peter Jackson Actually Cut Scenes From The Hobbit?Surprisingly, there are chunks of footage Jackson reportedly planned to include in An Unexpected Journey, but left on the cutting-room floor. And as can usually be the case nowadays – when trailers and clips live on forever via the Internet – fans can single out shots that they thought they’d see in the final cut but didn’t....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-17 09:48:45comments
The Hobbit's Bizarre Budget Facts: Wigs, Weapons And Tons Of CoffeeShooting on location in New Zealand gave Jackson and company a rich expanse of wondrous landscapes in which they could set their scenes. Still, 99 sets were built with more than $9 million spent on their construction materials alone. From its large ensemble cast to the massive crew required for such a big-scale production, Jackson had a small army at work on the film, which explains 6,750 domestic flights, 93,000 nights in hotels, $1.5 million spent on food and $380,000 on coffee. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2012-12-17 09:04:31comments
Did The Hobbit Make Enough Money Over The Weekend? Maybe NotThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey made $85 million over the weekend in North America, and another $138 million overseas, which is an enormous sum of money by any measure. But is it possible it's not actually enough?...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-17 08:44:01comments
Now Streaming: Netflix Instant Alternatives To The Hobbit, This Is 40 & Zero Dark ThirtyWith so many titles to choose from, Netflix Instant's library can be overwhelming. And so we offer this biweekly column as a tool to cut through the clutter by highlighting some now streaming titles that pair nicely with the latest theatrical releases. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2012-12-16 14:18:13comments
The Hobbit On Track For The Biggest December Opening Of All TimeOn Friday it looked like The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey might have a hard time topping the all-time biggest December release record belonging to I Am Legend. Today, with the full Friday numbers in, it's clear it's not even a contest. Based on Friday estimates The Hobbit should make around $96 million over the weekend in North America...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-15 11:05:57comments
The Hobbit Has Already Made $27 Million OverseasWith midnight screenings bringing in as much as $13 million here in the United States, The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey is already looking like a formidable hit in these parts. Unsurprisingly, it's going to be huge overseas too. Early number suggest that it has brought in $27.3 million from 42 markets around the world...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-14 14:39:58comments
9 Things You Need To Know Before Seeing The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyThe events depicted in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey are set 60 years before what happens in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but just because it’s an origin story doesn’t mean that all of the answers are out on the table from the very beginning....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-14 13:36:42comments
The Hobbit Earns $12.5 Million At Midnight ScreeningsThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is such a huge release that no other movie even dares to open wide against it, meaning that no matter how big a hit it is, the weekend belongs to Bilbo Baggins. But based on the early results from last night's midnight screenings, The Hobbit will be having one of the biggest weekends ever for a December release...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-14 11:03:28comments
Honest Lord Of The Rings Trailer: It's An 11-Hour New Zealand Tourism Commercial!We've already established that we're big fans of the folks who do Honest Trailers, taking some playful and sometimes sharp jabs at some of the most popular movies by recutting their trailers with an honest voiceover. They do a lot of the trailers by request, and it seems plenty of Tolkien fans were inspired by the upcoming release of The Hobbit...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-14 09:39:13comments
Discuss The Hobbit With Spoilers And Rate ItIf you've been anticipating The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey since the Lord of the Rings trilogy left theaters, odds are you've already caught the film at a midnight screening, and might already be planning your second or third viewings. While the new movie isn't quite as complex as any of the Lord of the Rings films...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-14 08:31:55comments
The Hobbit's Visual Effects Supervisor Talks Gollum's Makeover And James Cameron's Input On 48 fpsWhen The Fellowship of the Ring arrived in theaters in 2001, it was a landmark for seemingly every kind of visual effects. There were the sweeping New Zealand vistas altered to look fantastical, there were the hobbit feet and hair that felt completely natural, there were the tricks to make Ian McKellen look 8 feet tall-- and the piece de resistance, Gollum...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-13 08:12:49comments
I Was Dreading The Hobbit. I Was Wrong.I never bothered with the Extended Edition cuts of the various DVD releases. I never did the marathon Rings screenings at neighborhood theaters. I still couldn’t pick Faramir out of a police lineup. And the scariest thing anyone could have told me a few years back was that Jackson was returning to Middle Earth for the rumored adaptation of The Hobbit...by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-13 07:07:58comments
The Hobbit Accounts For 76% Of All Tickets Sold On FandangoIn a press statement, the ticket-selling service says that Peter Jackson’s first chapter in the planned Hobbit trilogy represents 76% of all sales on Fandango, while Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the beloved stage musical Les Miserables holds the second-place slot on the tickets-sold chart....by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-11 17:57:23comments
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- 8 Big Differences Between The Book And MovieEven though the movie is coming to theaters on Friday, it's still a little hard to believe that J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit will be made into three whole movies. Sure, the book is the prequel to the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it's also famously short and written for children. How does Peter Jackson plan to wring any kind of drama out of it?...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-11 16:04:58comments
Watch The Hobbit's Brave Dwarves Sing In Brand New ClipIt’s a pensive scene in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, which opens in theaters this Friday. After a merry party at the home of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) – a party he neither expected, nor enjoyed – the company of dwarves prepare for their pending journey with a meditative song: the Misty Mountains Cold. Jackson used it as the theme music for the first trailer that was released last year, but now, we have the extemded clip from the movie to share with you inside......by Sean O'Connell | published: 2012-12-11 15:51:58comments
The Hobbit's Faster Frame Rate Was Inspired By Star ToursFor decades 24 frames-per-second has been seen as the standard frame rate that filmmakers have chosen to shoot their films with. The reason that speed was chosen was because it was the slowest speed film could move through a projector without the human eye perceiving each individual cell separately, which allowed filmmakers to save money on expensive reels of film. This weekend, however, Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson will be working to buck the trend....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-11 01:54:24comments
To 3D Or Not To 3D: Buy The Right Hobbit TicketPerhaps the most significant point of contrast between Peter Jackson’s old trilogy and new is the way in which in which the movies were made. Taking a few big technological steps forward, the Kiwi filmmaker decided to not only make The Hobbit movies at a faster frame rate, but also in 3D. And just as we ask the question for every other 3D movie, we now ask it for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: is it worth paying the few extra bucks to see?...by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-12-10 15:40:37comments
The Hobbit Screenwriter Reveals A Story Recycled From Lord Of The Rings For A New Hobbit CharacterThe posters for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey boast more facial hair than a mustache contest, and with all the hearty drinking, singing and sword fighting, the original The Hobbit is one of the most male-dominated works of literature ever. But when it came time to bring The Hobbit to the screen, there were two women who started off the process of adapting it...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-10 07:34:39comments
This Rotten Week: Predicting The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ReviewsNext week the holiday movie onslaught really begins. But those dirty Hobbitses had to sneak in just a little early to take a certain little Precious. It’s time to head back to Middle Earth...by Doug Norrie | published: 2012-12-09 06:37:07comments
The Hobbit: Desolation Of Smaug Reveals Golden First ImageAs you've probably heard, the giant fire-breathing dragon known as Smaug (and played in motion-capture by Benedict Cumberbatch) makes but the briefest of appearances in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, with most of the current film's action depicting everything that happens to Bilbo and the dwarves on their way to Smaug's lair...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-07 17:31:39comments
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Giveaway-- Win A Backpack, IMAX Tickets And Much MoreWe don't quite get to Smaug in the first installment of the story, but what happens to Bilbo and the dwarves is almost as exciting, including an accidental encounter with trolls, a visit to Elrond in Rivendell, and an unforgettable encounter with the creature Smeagol in a dark cave. Odds are The Hobbit is one of your most anticipated movies of the year-- it definitely is for us...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-07 12:59:25comments
First Image From The Final Hobbit Film, There And Back AgainThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey isn't even in theaters yet, but you know how we fans are: we can't help but look to the future. And to be fair, the movie kind of asks you to do it, adapting just a portion of the famous book The Hobbit and saving a lot of the action for the second and third movies. The Hobbit: There And Back Again was once the title of the second film...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-06 13:40:53comments
The Hobbit Reveals New Footage In Massive 13-Minute FeaturetteWarner Bros. hasn't been shy about showing its hand with a comprehensive ad campaign, full of character posters, trailers, and behind-the-scenes featurettes, the latest of which features many members of the cast and crew and clocks in at 13 minutes and 14 seconds! Check out "The Return to Middle Earth"......by Kristy Puchko | published: 2012-12-06 10:05:17comments
Which Hobbit Star Didn't Recognize Himself On The First Day In The Makeup Chair?"A fun but completely useless fact: every single character in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit wears a wig, and many of them wear a prosthetic....by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-05 11:20:46comments
The Hobbit Reveals 25 Minutes Of Behind-The-Scenes FootageWith reviews officially online and critics everywhere weighing in, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is finally ready to reveal itself to the world. Even though millions of fans have read the book, the film has stayed shrouded in some mystery for a while, with promises that Peter Jackson and his collaborators had added new story elements...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-04 13:55:57comments
Watch Stephen Colbert Kick Off Hobbit Week By Turning New York Into Middle EarthIf you caught last night's episode of The Colbert Report, you've already seen that he's kicked off Hobbit Week, inviting on many of the cast and crew behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and even redesigning the set to have the proper venue for interviewing Gandalf the Grey. Peter Jackson said it himself, as Colbert pointed out on the show...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-12-04 10:47:58comments
Catch A Glimpse Of Smaug In Hobbit TV SpotWarner Bros. has been fiercely fanning the fevered flames of fandom by unrolling a wide array of promotional materials that give a look at the lushly realized world of the Lord of the Rings trilogy's director Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Aside from setting up the premise for this prequel where a young Bilbo Baggins is urged by Gandalf the wizard to set out on a dangerous quest with a band of warrior dwarves......by Kristy Puchko | published: 2012-12-03 11:57:30comments
The Hobbit Meets The Goonies In This Clever MashupIn just a matter of weeks, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will arrive in theaters, bringing the first installment of Peter Jackson's new trilogy, based on Tolkien's novel. Anticipation for the film might cause fans to revisit the Lord of the Rings films, or if you're like one adventure movie fan, you might mash up The Hobbit with The Goonies with a trailer that combines both adventures. ...by Kelly West | published: 2012-11-29 15:32:10comments
The Hobbit Gets Four Awesome IMAX Midnight Screening PostersDecember 14th is a date that many, many people have been waiting for nearly a decade. For the first time since the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003, theaters all across the world will be playing a new Peter Jackson-directed film set in Middle Earth and based on the work of J.R.R Tolkien....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2012-11-28 14:32:02comments
Bilbo Receives A Special Weapon In First Full Clip From The HobbitThe Hobbit is coming! The Hobbit is coming! That's a song we've been singing nonstop for months now, but it really is true now, with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey coming to theaters on December 14. And as members of the press anxiously await the moment when we'll get to see it...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-11-27 14:53:21comments
Hobbit Video Production Blog Sees The Light At The End Of The TunnelYou may think that Peter Jackson has a leisurely 4 weeks to finish up The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey before its December 14 opening. But not so fast! The movie is having an early premiere in its homeland of New Zealand, on November 28-- which is next Wednesday. So even though the production is seriously getting down to the wire...by Katey Rich | published: 2012-11-24 15:41:54comments
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