The production proves that the most enduring star of The Hobbit has never been Bilbo Baggins, but Tolkien’s story itself.

In Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Richard Armitage plays dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield. Armitage talks to WSJ's Barbara Chai about his transformation for the role ...

WETA Workshop — the masterminds who did the makeup and prosthetics for "The Lord of The Rings," "The Hobbit," and countless ... turned regular people into dwarfs during the 2015 New York Comic ...

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself ...