If you don't have the The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition (yet), but would like to see Benedict Cumberbatch's audition tape for Smaug, check out the video in this Moviepilot article. I was SO happy to find that they included it on the EE, and - well I'm obviously a teensy bit biased *cough*, but he's utterly brilliant ( Read more... )

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From the official PBS twitter:

Surprise! Benedict Cumberbatch sheds the serious Sherlock to share some laughs w/ these 2 - stay tuned! #Counterbatch pic.twitter.com/SWbhLezClX
- PBS (@PBS) January 31, 2014

I hope I'll be able to watch it online somewhere once it aired, as we don't have any TV connection currently ( Read more... )

Brilliant! :D

A Linguist Explains the Rules of Summoning Benedict CumberbatchBut how is a normal internet citizen supposed to know, when they hear someone say “I just can’t stop looking at gifs of Bombadil Rivendell” that this person isn’t talking about some other actor with a name and a voice and cheekbones? Or in other words, what makes for a ( Read more... )

The Desolation of Smaug TV Spot #8 is here!

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See The Desolation of Smaug character posters in high resolution

The Desolation of Smaug TV Spot #9 “Dragon” is here!

New Desolation of Smaug photos from Empire Online and more!

Sylvester McCoy appears in ‘Doctor Who’ Short Film, with Peter Jackson and ( Read more... )

Most important thing first:

PJ announces a worldwide live fan event for Tuesday, November 5

Here’s how to grab your tickets for The Desolation of Smaug LIVE Fan Event happening on November 4!

And then:

New reports take us on-set for two days for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug runtime is 156 minutes?

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TORn’s official frame-by-frame analysis of trailer two for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug!

World’s second-largest Lord of the Rings props collection to go under the hammer - Better have a lot of savings if you want to bid on this ( Read more... )

So Benedict's short film Little Favour will be released on 5 November... on iTunes. AAAAARGH!!!! I am not getting iTunes, not even for Benedict in a project that looks as different and interesting as this one! I hope that it will eventually be released somewhere else too, but until then I'll just have to obsessively rewatch the new full trailer, I ( Read more... )

See the colour difference between Desolation of Smaug trailer #1 and trailer #2

An animation of Smaug in all his glory

OCTOBER 4, 2013 at 1:50 AM BY KELVARHIN -
Ringer Ryan sent us in the following gif made from the trailer, slowed down to show Smaug in all his fiery glory. - Obviously this contains SPOILERS regarding Smaug's looks, (though ( Read more... )

I also absolutely need to post this teaser trailer for a short film that Benedict Cumberbatch filmed during the break in between eps 1/2 and 3 of Sherlock (from what I can tell). It was actually crowdfunded - and I missed all of that because only every now and then will someone post on cumberbatchfans on LJ anymore since the whole fandom has moved to Tumblr, grrr ( Read more... )