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Fans Petition to change the Ending of The Hobbit; The Cost of Desolation of Smaug Insurance Claims ,
A number of fans, apparently unhappy with the deaths of certain characters in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, have started petitions to attempt to get PJ to change the results in the Movie. Details of the various petitions can be found here. Insurance Company Allianz has once again estimated the costs if claims were submitted for repairing…
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There’s a New Title for Third ‘Hobbit’ Movie.
Peter Jackson has just revealed the new name for the third Movie, which was originally planed as; ‘The Hobbit; There and Back Again’. On his Facebook page the Director has explained why the title had been changed to; ‘The Hobbit; The Battle of Five Armies’. For those of us that can’t get enough of the…
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RIP Shadowfax
Blanco, the horse that played Shadowfax in the LOTR trilogy, has died at the age of 25. More information about this sad occurrence can be found here.
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Food in the Hobbit
Curious as to the meal, from his pantry, that Bilbo served to Gandalf and the Dwarves at The Unexpected party? Click here to be taken to an interesting article, ‘Food in The Hobbit,’ from Recipewise
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News on Tolkien Reading Day
25 Inspirational Quotes from J.R.R Tolkien’s books: In celebration of Tolkien Reading Day International Business Times has printed 25 quotes from The Hobbit and the Lord of The Rings trilogy. The Quotes can be found here. Lost footage found from Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings: To read about, and see, the extra footage, from the…
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Tolkien Reading day; March 25th, Tolkien’s Translation of Beowulf is coming soon
This Tuesday, March 25th, is celebrated by Tolkien fans as Tolkien Reading Day. You can click here for some suggested ways to participate and here for a video, posted by Middle-earth Network, in which Tolkien Scholar Professor Michael Drout explains how to read Tolkien. For information on the release of Tolkien’s Beowulf translation you can…
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Rare copy of ‘The Hobbit’ heading for Auction
A rare first edition of The Hobbit will be auctioned off in London England on April 11th. Details of the auction can be found here
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News Update; Trailer for Lego The Hobbit Game, and How the Desolation of Smaug Barrel scene was put together.
Click here to see the new trailer for the upcoming ‘LEGO The Hobbit’ game. You can click here to see a behind the scenes look at how the ‘Desolation of Smaug’ Barrel sequence was compiled.
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News; Saturn Award Nominations announced, Empire Award nominations announced, Building Smaug,and See Cumberbatch perform as Smaug,
Although ‘The Hobbit; The Desolation of Smaug’ was only nominated for three technical Oscars, the movie was more successful in regards to some other Awards. The details of the film’s eight Saturn Award nominations can be found here, and you can go here to read about ‘The Desolation of Smaug’s seven Empire Award nominations. You…
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News Update: Joe Letteri on his 8th Oscar Nomination, ‘The Hobbit; The Desolation of Smaug’ wins a VES award, and the Announcement of ‘The Hobbit; The Desolation of Smaug’ Collector’s Edition DVD
Weta Digital’s Senior Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri, was recently interviewed concerning his eighth Oscar nomination, this one for the special effects used in the second Hobbit movie. The interview, carried by Studio Daily, can be found here. `The Hobbit; The Desoltion of Smaug`has just one the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for “Outstanding Animated Character…
