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 [...]

Christopher Lee says he will return to his role as Saruman IF he gets the phone call. He was speaking to Empire magazine about Saruman, Wizards and Middle Earth happenings in general. Although Saruman doesn’t feature in The Hobbit he could well play a major part in Film 2 as he explains: “Somewhere, somehow, and it was [...]

Rumors are flying around the web of the impending announcement that Bilbo Baggins is to be played by James McAvoy. Bang Media is saying an insider leaked the news to them. They quote the leak as saying: “A number of names have privately been doing the rounds, including Daniel Radcliffe and Jack Black but James is the one the [...]

Christopher Tolkien who is the son of J.R.R. Tolkien and who in 1977 published The Silmarillion from his fathers notes following his death has called for “One Last Crusade” as he sets off from his home in England for a date in the courts of California on June 6th in an attempt to stop work going ahead on The Hobbit movies. Tolkien [...]

Viggo Mortensen looks set for a return to his role as Aragorn son of Arathorn. Once confirmed, he joins Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis who have already agreed to reprise their roles from The Lord Of The Rings movies. We can only assume (or hope) that Del Toro wants Viggo on board for the second [...]