The Hobbit

I just received my copy of Smaug:Unleashing the Dragon! The “Mythical” Dragon has been growing in popularity more in recent times. The book shows us how they created Smaug and how film, drawing, book and myth come together by computer animation. The fire breathing dragon Smaug looked very different at first then the one we meet in the film. The ...

Legendarium Media talks with legendary actor, Sylvester McCoy at the Newcastle Film & Comicon. Sylvester McCoy is best known for his roles as the 7th Doctor Who, The Hobbit’s Radagast and more! “I quite enjoy fame, especially when you go to conventions in America where they treat you like a god with stretch limos and the whole fame thing, but ...

Jay Johnstone, Legendarium’s Head of European Media Operations, had the EXCLUSIVE sit down interview at Hobbit Con 2 with the Dwarven cast of the Hobbit movies. First interviewed was Ken Stott, who played the Dwarf Balin. Jay created and signed a Limited Edition hand tinted print of “Balin”. The print was also signed by Ken Stott! Legendarium was giving this ...

“Beautiful Round Seed-Cake” by Astrid Tuttle Winegar “Rifflo,” a.k.a. Mr. Steve Fitch, asked me (very nicely) to contribute the occasional recipe to Legendarium. So I would like to follow the story of The Hobbit first, then eventually get around to The Lord of the Rings. I may take detours to Narnia, Westeros, or maybe Hogwarts; I may even dally in ...

Why aren’t we going “There and Back Again”? by Jody Boyce PJ’s announcement Thursday morning has me thinking and more than a little disappointed. He has stated that he believes Desolation of Smaug has already addressed Bilbo’s arrival and departure of Erebor (really? his departure? when did that happen? will that be in the Extended Edition?) But what concerns me ...

Hobbit Movie: Third Title Announced! by Jason Welebny How befitting that Jackson and Co. would go out with a bang in entitling the last installment of the The Hobbit trilogy (and the final movie of the entire Lord of the Rings Saga), “The Battle of Five Armies.” For as much as “The Return of the King” delivered a massively epic ...

Peter Jackson took to his Facebook account to make this announcement! “Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo’s own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we’ve gone along. “There and Back Again” felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim ...

The Tolkien Society Official Press Release: INAUGURAL TOLKIEN SOCIETY AWARD WINNERS The winners of the inaugural Tolkien Society Awards were announced at the Tolkien Society’s Annual Dinner in Hay-on-Wye on Saturday 11th April 2014.The winners were as follows: Best Article John Garth, “Tolkien and the boy who didn’t believe in fairies“ Best Artwork Jenny Dolfen, “Eärendil the Mariner“ Best Book ...

The Local reports that Mikael Persbrandt, who played Beorn in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, has been sentenced to 5 months in prison for buying 12 oz. of cocaine. It appears that Persbrandt was among the names in “the dealer’s” contacts in this long running police investigation, “If it turns out an order was made, it was ...

Jay Johnstone, Legendarium’s Head of European Media Operations, has the EXCLUSIVE sit down interviews at the upcoming Hobbit Con 2 with the Dwarven cast of the Hobbit movies. Jay has created and signed Limited Edition hand tinted prints of each Dwarf. The prints are also signed by each actor! HOW TO WIN Ask YOUR favorite Dwarf from the Hobbit movies ...