Just over 20 years ago, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy captured the pop culture zeitgeist and became a cultural phenomena only a few franchises have been able to match. It was a filmmaking experience like no other, especially for its cast and crew. At the Fan Expo convention in Toronto, a reunion was […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Stephen Fry, […]
The Lord of the Rings producers asked Peter Jackson to kill off a Hobbit, says Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd
Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd, who played Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck and Peregrin “Pippin” Took respectively in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, have revealed a shocking insight regarding the direction the producers wanted to take the beloved films during production. In an interview with IGN to promote their The Lord of the Rings podcast, The Friendship Onion, the […]
Leaving Middle-earth IMAX featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Warner Bros. has released a new featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which sees the cast and crew sharing their memories of Middle-earth; check it out below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies here The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings […]
Final trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Thought you’d seen the last trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies before its UK release tomorrow? Well think again… On the eve of our final trip to Middle-earth under director Peter Jackson, a final trailer for the defining chapter of the director’s Hobbit trilogy has arrived online, and you can check […]
Memories of Middle-earth featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
As we prepare to venture back to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world one last time with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a new featurette has arrived online which sees the cast and crew sharing their memories of Middle-earth; check it out below… The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies […]
Completing Middle-earth featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
With a week to go until its release, a new six-and-a-half minute featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies entitled ‘Completing Middle-earth’, which sees director Peter Jackson and the cast and crew discussing the epic conclusion to Jackson’s time in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world… The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies graces the cover of Empire, new TV spots released
As we count down to our final journey to Middle-earth under director Peter Jackson with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Empire has debuted three new Hobbit-themed covers for the latest issue of the magazine, while we’ve also got some new TV spots featuring previously unseen footage from the fantasy epic, which you […]
Watch the music video for Billy Boyd’s end credits song for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
We may have already heard the song that The Lord of the Rings alum Billy Boyd performed for the end-credits scene in the upcoming Middle Earth saga capper, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but now, courtesy of EW, the song has been put to video. The video features footage of Boyd performing the song in the […]