The Hobbit

Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

So we're back to the familiar LARPing territory of Middle Earth then. With wizards and elves and dwarves and huge CGI monsters and big sweeping shots of the New Zealand countryside. The Hobbit may be a different story to The Lord Of The Rings - an independent story that came first, with its own characters and dangers and adventures - but there is really nothing all that unexpected about this journey. Oh apart from the singing. That’s a bit of a shock.

Introducing the trolls of The Hobbit

Bilbo is going to need help from Gwarfir The Moderator in order to defeat these three. Yes, there's a chance I haven't read the book.

Well fuck you too, Galadriel

New character posters released for The Hobbit, but only Galadriel looks like she's flipping us off.

This is not the new Hobbit trailer

... but there's never not a good time to remind people that this exists. The new Hobbit trailer is pretty good too, by the way.

News article on The Hobbit trilogy to be split across two pages

After seeing how Warner Bros and Lionsgate doubled their profits from the final books in the Harry Potter and Twilight series by splitting them into two films, Peter Jackson has gone one better and split JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit into a trilogy, averaging around 99 pages per movie. We investigate after the jump, then in more detail after another jump.

Andy Serkis and Martin Freeman, the style-challenged crimefighting duo

The Hobbit's Andy Serkis and Martin Freeman snapped at Comic-Con, dressed in sweaty Miami Vice cosplay. I assume. (Thanks to ITN for the grab).

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.