Hot on the heels of the first poster for the second part of Peter Jackon’s Hobbit trilogy comes the trailer for The Desolation of Smaug. This two minute trailer gives us all a first look at some important characters. We have Lee Pace as Thranduil, the father of Legolas and the Eleven...

It’s here!  The second Hobbit trailer, released just a few hours ago!

It’s been coming.  It’s been talked about.  Now it’s been confirmed: there will be a third Hobbit film.  It appears Jackson et al. wish to ‘flesh out’ the story with additional materials to make it more ‘complete’. Cash grab?  Or an...

I’ve recently started planning my wedding to a fellow sci-fi/fantasy geek, whom I’ve shared the past seven wonderful years with (Happy Anniversary, sweetie!).  We certainly intend on making certain elements of the blessed event geek-tastic, but it got me thinking: how far do...

At one point, we’ve all been totally immersed in that far off place of geeky wonder. It’s a world described in the pages of our favorite book, or brought to life so vividly with cinema magic. Tolkien gave us such a place with his beloved book series Lord of the Rings and its...

Trailer 2 – The Hunt For Gollum at SCI-FI-LONDON by HuntForGollum Now, this looks stunning.  Absolutely stunning.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen an independent fan film with such stunning production values, and some of the recent things I’ve seen...

According to Guillermo Del Toro, the new plan for himself and Peter Jackson is to make their Hobbit movie adaptation span two films rather than one. Speaking to Empire magazine, he wrote: We’ve decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings...

Peter Jackson To Direct “The Hobbit” NEW YORK – Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy “The Lord of the Rings.” Relations between Jackson and...