The Hobbit Reviews, Interviews & More

Well, it’s finally here: the trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of his three-part adaptation of Tolkien’s The Hobbit.  And, after viewing the trailer, it our response is, well, mixed.

Looking forward to The Hobbit, but a little unsure what all the fuss is about over higher frame rates and what to expect? Well, although it looks like the movie is leading the way when it comes to higher frame rates, the first film will only be shown at 48 frames per second in select theaters to judge audience reactions.

There were rumblings last week, but it's been confirmed, Peter Jackson is turning his Hobbit movies into a trilogy. Word was that he would be getting the team back together for two months to film some of the additional material from J.R.R. Tolkien's additional material sometime next year.

Though we’re still five months away from the December 14th release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s prequel to The Lord of the Rings series, and a year and a half from its follow-up, The Hobbit: There and Back Again (out December 13, 2014), Jackson is already...

Chris Hardwick moderated the two-and-a-half hour Warner Bros/Legendary Films mega-panel at Comic-Con, which kicked off with Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, a science-fiction film about giant robots who fight to save humanity from an onslaught of 25-story-tall monsters. The panel was a special treat for those in Hall H because del...

Saturday afternoon, Peter Jackson returned to Comic-Con to promote The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The director answered some tough questions about the prequel, specifically his decision to shoot at 48 frames per second. He also discussed the use of 3D and the difference between The Hobbit and his previous Lord...

Coming on the heels of the announcement that Peter Jackson, after 266 days of filming since March of 2011, has finally completed the back to back shooting of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again, Jackson has released the Comic-Con poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Peter Jackson, as you can imagine, has been rather busy lately, but recently good news has come by way of the writer-director’s Facebook page -- Yes, that’s right; that moment Lord of the Rings fans have been waiting so long for has just come another step closer - after 266 days of production that kicked off in March of 2011, both The Hobbit films have...

One of the primary draws of last week’s CinemaCon was the screening of ten full minutes of new footage from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  The biggest surprise of the new footage?  Just how much it angered and disgusted fans.

It's not that surprising that we're going to get a full year of hype for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. There are few films with as much anticipation around them, and few films that can be counted on to make over $300 Million at the box office (think how much it might make if it's actually good?) The latest is a picture of Martin Freeman's Bilbo...

Peter Jackson's The Hobbit is one of the most anticipated films of next year, but also a big question mark. Now, there's a trailer. The new film stars Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, with many returning cast members from the Lord of the Rings films, including Ian McKellan, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett. And this...

Tolkien nerds, Lord of the Rings movie fans, and Peter Jackson aficionados, brace yourselves—the director is now hosting behind the scenes videos from the set of The Hobbit.  Go ahead, I’ll wait while your head implodes.  OK, ready to watch it?  Here we go, hang on:

Though he'd been acting before, Andy Serkis made a name for himself with the motion capture performance in the Lord of the Rings films. Since then he's become one of the leading motion-capture actors, and has been constantly working. But besides reprising his role as Gollum in the upcoming Hobbit movies, he'll be serving as a second unit...

Lord of the Rings fans, here’s another detail to send you into a frenzy until The Hobbit prequels are officially released—Flight of the Chonchords’ Bret McKenzie has been cast in the upcoming Peter Jackson-helmed film. And, despite having an awesome head of tangled hobbit hair, the comic actor will be playing an elf (and yes, I know he was briefly an elf in...

Well, epic movie fans, Tolkien geeks, and weird hairy foot enthusiasts, your time to rejoice has come—Warner Bros/New Line Cinema and MGM have announced that production on the long-delayed and long-awaited The Hobbit (the prequel film to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on the book of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien) has finally begun.

We've got some exciting news to report regarding The Hobbit. No, it's not another casting (that we know of) but it does have to do with the stars of the film. Over the past few months, one actor after another has joined the prequel and now thanks to Stuff.co.nz, we've got the first image of the main cast (the dwarves) together for a photo op. Check out the...

After multiple delays, last minute castings, and a health scare, The Hobbit is on the move! The film's production was pushed back after director and producer Peter Jackson had to go in for surgery to repair a perforated ulcer. The procedure sounds pretty painful and we weren't sure what effect it would have on the production. Thankfully, Jackson has recovered and...

Earlier today we learned that The Hobbit would undergo a slight production delay. Director Peter Jackson had a bit of a health scare and was required to undergo surgery for an ulcer. Even though that rained on our parade, we have something positive to make up for it. According to IFTN, Jackson's The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan has joined...

Poor Peter Jackson just can't catch a break. Just when everything for The Hobbit seemed to be coming together he's hit with a health problem. The Oscar winning director recently underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer, which has caused him and The Hobbit to have a slight set back.

A couple weeks ago it was confirmed that Elijah Wood had signed on to join Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit. The actor will reprise his role as Frodo and will once again wear those hairy feet and those curly locks. Over at MTV, he discussed his decision to return for the movie and he revealed whether or not he thinks...