John Noble is the second actor who had a major role in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy to publicly state that he wouldn’t return to Middle Earth should Del Toro make the call. His character Denethor doesn’t make an appearance in The Hobbit but Del Toro has hinted the second movie could feature the story [...]

I would have put money on it anyway but today it was confirmed that the same team that wrote the Lord Of The Rings screen play (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens) will also write the 2 Hobbit movies together with Guillermo Del Toro of course. The official press release states that Jackson and Del [...]

Guillermo Del Toro says he plans to keep to traditional special effects such as model making and real world workshop effects once work gets underway on The Hobbit movie. “You have to be very careful not to rely on a single tool – and this is another thing that I share a passion for with Peter [...]

Despite a huge fan base from the original Hellboy movie and the news that Del Toro would next be doing The Hobbit movie now becoming common knowledge, Hellboy 2 has been dissapointing the money men at the box office. Coming in second to the White Bishop (or is it Dark Knight?) was probably expected but [...]

Not that we really needed it but Empire mag. is today announcing it is confirmed Sir Ian McKellen will reprise the role of Gandalf for The Hobbit movies. They caught up with the actor at a special screening of The Dark Knight in London and as usual the legend had quite a bit to say about [...]

Christopher Lee says while he wants to return to Middle Earth, but he doesn’t want to travel all the way to New Zealand to do it. He almost sounds tired talking about the long trip from his home in London. He would like to get the part of the voice of Smaug though. He talks about [...]

Way back in September I reported the coastal home of Tolkien had been purchased by a local property developer who planned to demolish it and build 2 four bedroom homes on the land. Well despite a few complaints, permission was granted so the developer (a Mr. Malton) was removing the fireplace (which he planned to sell) [...]

Doug Jones says he’d play a hemorrhoid if it were Guillermo del Toro making the movie and that he would “follow him anywhere” including he hopes, to Middle Earth. According to his latest interview with MTV it seems Jones has his eye on the part of King Thranduil. “There’s been lots of speculation. I wouldn’t want [...]

The-Hobbit-Movie.com has been given a new layout and design so if you are a returning visitor, no you didn’t type in the wrong address! I’m hoping this layout will make it easer for people to find the story they are after but I’m still tweaking it over the weekend so if things go a little wobbly [...]

During a press release last night in London for his upcoming action movie “Wanted” James McAvoy told reporters: “It’s not true by the way, it’s all internet rumoring and nothing else I’m afraid, Sorry.” Well we kind of new that already Jimmy, its just that usually someone stamps out the rumor fairly quickly, unless there is something [...]