THE BASICS: THE HOBBIT, a play by Greg Banks, based on the classic novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, directed by Chris Kelly, starring Glen Chitty, Anna Krempholtz, Thomas Evans, Preston Williams, and Lily ...

The world of The Lord of the Rings is expanding again with the upcoming film The Hunt for Gollum. However, one familiar face ...

While An Unexpected Journey had plenty of bucolic charm, it did, for a Middle-earth film, feel oddly inconsequential. The Desolation Of Smaug remedies that. Moody, urgent and, for want of a better ...

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 the ...

The first hurdle was casting. “The Hobbit” features dozens of characters and creatures, including 13 dwarves and armies of elves, men, orcs and wargs. On the Dobama stage, eight actors cover more than ...

Step back in time and see the stars of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit like never before! Check out 15-yearbook photos of the cast.

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The real-life faces behind the stout adventurers of 'The Desolation of Smaug' ...