The Dwarves reclaimed the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, but what happened to Erebor after J.R.R. Tolkien's The ...

The Hobbit trilogy includes An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel Hobbit, published in 1937 ...

One area where The Hobbit films did not disappoint is the cast. Martin Freeman, one of the stars of the original version of The Office, was well-chosen to play a young Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit at ...

In addition to the various illustrations sprinkled throughout its pages, The Folio Society’s version of The Hobbit features numerous ... case containing a copy of Thror’s Map and a Map of ...

Andy Serkis played Smeagol in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ... In the battle, Azog killed Thorin's grandfather, King ...

Ten years ago, Stephen Fry ate balls in the Hobbit films. If that doesn’t ring a bell as something from Tolkien, don’t worry. Not only is it from the second film in the culturally forgotten ...

Eleven years ago, Tolkienites rejoiced as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey landed in UK cinemas. With Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson, at the helm, a legion of actors including Martin ...

Released on this day in 1937, ‘The Hobbit’ follows Bilbo Baggins, the titular “Hobbit” – a humanoid creature defined by its short stature, big feet and small-town mentality – as he ...

For all that The Hobbit is a children’s book that is much lighter in tone than most of the rest of the legendarium, Thorin Oakenshield is actually a pretty “dark” character. Take Bilbo the ...

Lego has an uncanny ability to see a franchise, envision it with its own brand of blocky humour and make it usually brilliant - and such is the case with LEGO The Hobbit. And seeing as it’s been ...

This new edition of The Hobbit follows similar editions of Tolkien ... fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Thror’s Map and Wilderland, an illustrated 88-page booklet, and a printed ...