The Hobbit

Look, it's Bilbo Baggins

Hobbit fans, commence smoking of the weed: the first official stills have been released. As a bonus, they're watermarked with Entertainment Weekly logos, in case you forget they are ALL POWERFUL.

Martin Freeman to transfer to Wernham Hogg's Shire branch

Martin Freeman has signed on to play Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit. No word on whether or not his contract prohibits gay hobbit pillow fights, though.

Martin Freeman turned down Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit

Why? Because never shall meet the worlds of Slough and Middle-Earth.

Guillermo Del Toro leaves The Hobbit

Lengthy delays and legal wrangles have just put paid to potentially the greatest fantasy film of our generation: congratulations MGM assholes, you've just ruined cinema.

Production of The Hobbit gets underway

The Hobbit's long, epic trek to cinema screens is officially underway as Guillermo Del Toro gears up towards principal filming.

Tobey Maguire to be Bilbo Baggins?

Tobey Maguire to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit? And here I thought the advances in CGI meant that they didn't have to cast a short-arse.

Brian Cox to play Hobbit dwarf?

Casting details for The Hobbit are harder to come by than a female Tolkien fan with her hymen broken, but one small role looks like it might have been filled already. Maybe they're casting in height order.