the hobbit

MOVIE REVIEW: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

It’s been nine years since our last visit to Middle-earth, and yet it feels like we’ve hardly been away at all. Lord of the Rings was the cinematic event of the early Noughties, leaving an indelible mark on many a youngster and inner youngster. At the time, having just come off one of the riskiest […]

HOLY SH!T: Nine Minute ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Prologue To Debut in 3D IMAX Before ‘The Hobbit’

Well played, Peter Jackson. You somehow found a way to guarantee nerds around the world pay as much as possible to see your latest film, and really, I have to hand it to you. Today it was announced that Paramount Pictures will debut a nine minute prologue to Star Trek Into Darkness on 500 IMAX […]

Stephen Colbert Will Appear in The Hobbit

According to sources at Hollywood Reporter, nerd worlds will collide in Middle-Earth now that Stephen Colbert has agreed to appear in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy. While the details of which role and the magnitude of his character have yet to be revealed, any appearance at any level must border on bucket list worthy for […]

WATCH: The Hobbit (Trailer 2)

HAPPY TOLKIEN WEEK EVERYBODY! If you weren’t excited like me already, here’s another reason to be stoked: the new trailer for Peter Jackon’s The Hobbit released today, and it’s breathtaking. Sure, the first trailer that was released got me so unbelievably happy, but for whatever reason hearing all of the characters speak, interact, and feeling […]

Peter Jackson Announces The Hobbit to Be Three Films, Not Two

Well, there you have it. There have been rumors the past few weeks that Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit would be turned into not two films as previously announced, but three. There haven’t been any official confirmations, until now. Peter Jackson himself announced via his Facebook page, on behalf of all of the studios involved, that […]

EDITORIAL: “48 Frames Per Second: Advancement or Fad?”

Recently Peter Jackson and James Cameron have come out supporting a new film technology: shooting movies at 48 frames per second instead of the traditional 24 frames per second of film. For people in the film industry that sentence has a lot of meaning and implications, but for most other people it is just gibberish. […]

First photos from “The Hobbit”

Peter Jackson has been filming The Hobbit for several weeks, but it wasn’t until today that we got our first true look at the “new” version of The Shire. Entertainment Weekly unveiled the following photos, which includes shots of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Ian McKellen as Gandalf and more, earlier today. We know this […]