Motion capture king Andy Serkis, who has played Gollum in both “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” films, gave Cumberbatch advice on playing Smaug. “I said, ‘Treat it like you’r ...

Benedict Cumberbatch didn’t just lend his voice to the role of Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation ... lending his talents to the motion-capture process in as wonderfully ridiculous form as ...

some B-Roll footage from “The Desolation of Smaug” has been released that shows Cumberbatch in all of his motion-capture glory. “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” will be in theaters ...

The British actor %22relishes%22 playing two villains in %27The Hobbit%27 sequel%2C out Dec. 13 He plays both Smaug and the Necromancer in the Peter Jackson-directed ...

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When Andy Serkis did motion-capture to play Gollum in the first Hobbit movie, it was for a character with a humanoid face. With Smaug and "all 10 yards of his lips," however, there were other ...

Cumberbatch plays the tyrannical dragon in the upcoming The Hobbit ... from this motion-capture video we can see the actor isn’t holding back, despite the movie version of Smaug being rendered ...

He also acted out the role in a motion-capture suit. Ahead of the release of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” on Blu-Ray and DVD Nov. 4, Warner Bros. has released video showing the 38 ...

The first trailer for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ... the trailer offers viewers the first look at Smaug, the deadly dragon played in motion capture by Benedict Cumberbatch.

The motion-capture character himself doesn’t actually appear on this new poster for the second film in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit series ... within the mountain or Smaug’s fire breath.

The dragon, played in motion capture by Benedict Cumberbatch ... journey to get the gold back from the dragon, Smaug. The third installment, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is slated for ...

At long last, "Hobbit" fans can catch a glimpse of the mighty dragon (impressively played in motion capture by Benedict Cumberbatch), in the first trailer for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.