Hi-res images!

Clean artwork for all five new banners for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

See Bilbo in Lake-town in high-resolution!

And also:

Finally! See the human face of Beorn!

See Orlando Bloom and Ian McKellen talk Hobbit trailer on NBC Today!

Seven new images from the 2014 Desolation of Smaug Desk Diary!

The Hobbit: the ( Read more... )

Four new Hobbit images from the 2014 Desolation of Smaug Calendar

TORn exclusive - Q&A with Andy Serkis

New Desolation of Smaug artwork revealed, in the run up to the new trailer! - clean, hi-res versions of these two plus a third of Bard (with text, at the time of this post) can be found in this post.

Want to go to the Desolation of Smaug ( Read more... )

These are not news by any stretch of the imagination - just want to put these links here for completion's sake.

No Wellington premiere for Desolation of Smaug - a slight updated on that are in the following article:

Hobbit news in brief: new production video soon, trailer reactions and premiere update

The first The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug ( Read more... )

Elijah Wood on the Colbert Report - they start out talking about Happy Feet 2, but then curiously veer off into another little film Elijah recently shot a few scenes for... ;)

Hobbit star Orlando Bloom spotted in Queenstown

Bret McKenzie Talks The Hobbit

Not that this is news - Benedict has mentioned it before - but here you go: Smaug to be ( Read more... )

This TORn article is from today - well, it's still 'today' in some parts of the world:

KEY ROLES FILLED BY STUART TOWNSEND, SAIORSE RONAN FOR THE HOBBIT

(And if you don't know why the date of this post is significant, read the very last sentence, at the very end of the whole article. ;))

Some other casting related tidbits from yesterday:

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http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/01/11/41636-1-million-for-a-cameo-bloom-rumors-monaghan-too/

$1 Million for a Cameo? Bloom Rumors (Monaghan Too)January 11th, 2011 by xoanon 0 Comments and 1 Reaction ( Read more... )

Keating auditions for The Hobbit - Yes, that's Ronan Keating of Boyzone fame. No, the article doesn't mention what role he auditioned for. :) They quote him saying that shooting begins in July - I guess we'll find out!

Why Orlando Bloom should be in ‘The Hobbit’ by TORn staffer MrCere

Elijah Wood’s Pick For Bilbo - Seems he agrees with many of ( Read more... )

*sips tea, listens to her new "Meditative State" playlist*

The Stingray DVDs will be delayed, but at least Amazon is finally listing them. :) And the cover art looks pretty cool. :D

Two items for serenitysangel - Sideshow posted more pictures of their Legolas bust. And Orlando has a new project ( Read more... )

Booked my ticket for the FotR-with-live-soundtrack performance on 23rd February! Both this performance and the one on the following day are almost totally sold out, and they added another one on 29th March but I don't know if Howard Shore will be present there too - probably not, I'd guess. Anyway, there were only tickets for the two best category ( Read more... )

but for completion's sake:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/01/11/elijah-wood-wants-to-go-back-again-to-the-hobbit

Elijah Wood Wants To Go Back Again To ‘The Hobbit’41 Comments | Published by Shawn Adler on Friday, January 11, ( Read more... )