One enduring memory I have about how myself and my friends reacted to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey came in the shape of one of my best friends. He saw the showing before me and came out as I ...

It is a treasure chest of life lessons that live on, well beyond the book. Through Bilbo Baggins' adventures and ...

Now, Jackson is back with the finale, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which opens on Dec. 17. You said, “I’m very sad,” when you directed the last scene of Ian McKellen as the ...

The frame rate — 48 frames per second, as opposed to the usual 24 — means the film appears in crisper, more vivid detail, but to some, this attempt to make the film appear closer to reality ...

The copy of JRR Tolkien's 1937 book was discovered on a bookcase at a home in Bristol. It is one of only 1,500 copies ...

9. The Return of the King (1980) This Rankin/Bass film is kind of a sequel to their 1977 take on The Hobbit, but it’s also kind of a sequel to Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings, which came out ...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey wasn't loved by everyone, but it did still go on to earn over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Does similar success lie in store for Peter Jackson's The ...

What looked like indulgent folly at the outset now seems closer to epic justification, as Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy draws to a rousing close with The Battle of the Five Armies.

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—Making The Hobbit movie trilogy has cost more than half a billion dollars so far, double the amount spent on The Lord of the Rings trilogy. That figure includes the major ...

On the other hand, many fans feel that Tauriel is a very problematic addition to the movies, predominantly because of the love triangle surrounding her, Kili the dwarf, and Legolas (who is also ...