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A Lego Middle-earth.
Brickworld is an annual convention where Adult Fans of LEGO display their creations. At this year’s Brickworld Chicago, held from June 15th to the 19th, a number of participants collaborated, and won Best Group Layout with a display the called: ‘Lord of the Rings’. For a look at the winning display see this article, by…
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Elijah Wood on what fans can expect to see in “The Hobbit”.
Warning: Spoiler alert! In an interview for OnTheRedCarpet.com Wood reveals a little of what we can expect from the Hobbit movies and how his character is tied in with the story despite Frodo not yet being born when Bilbo went on his unexpected journey.
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Peter Jackson is New Zealand’s youngest arts icon
In a ceremony at Government House, the 49-year-old director has been honoured at the Arts Foundation’s prestigious Icon Awards. More details about the award ceremony can be found in Wellington’s Dominion Post.
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Dame Edna as The Goblin King and a new role for Lost’s Kate; PJ’s latest update.
Peter Jackson, on his Facebook page, has just announced two more Hobbit cast members. Australian actor Barry Humphries, best known as Dame Edna Everage, has been cast as The Goblin King, and Canadian actress Evangeline Lily, Kate from the series Lost, enters the cast as Tauriel, a Woodland Elf.
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Smaug and Necromancer; dual roles for Benedict Cumberbatch
Martin Freeman, last month, revealed that his Sherlock Holmes co-star had landed a role in The Hobbit. Deadline New York has just revealed that Benedict Cumberbatch has actually landed two roles; he will provide the voices for both the Necromancer, and Smaug the Dragon.
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Bard The Bowman now cast
According to an article in Deadline New York, Welsh actor Luke Evans has just been cast as Bard the Bowman.
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Andy Serkis on Reprising Gollum
In a brief interview broadcast by BBC Radio Andy Serkis discusses his joy at reprising his role in The Hobbit.
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Hobbit Filming on Hiatus until August.
According to an article in The Southland Times Sir Peter Jackson’s private Gulfstream jet is parked up at Queenstown Airport. A spokesman for Sir Peter said that said the jet made frequent visits to Queenstown and also, that the two-part epic adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit was on a shooting hiatus until…
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Announcing the Release dates and titles for the Hobbit Movies
According to an article inThe Hollywood Reporter the release dates and titles for the two Hobbit movies have just been announced. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” will be released on Dec. 14, 2012 and “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,” will be released on Dec. 13, 2013.
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Peter Jackson answers 20 questions- Question#1
On May 2nd Peter Jackson promised to answer 20 questions, concerning The Hobbit movies, chosen from the thousands posted by fans. Today he posted the answer to Question #1 on his Facebook Page.
