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 ...

A heavyset man of gross demeanor lurches out of an inn, gnawing a meat bone, and a chuckle of surprise runs through the audience. Peter Jackson, the directorial lord of The Lord of the Rings, the man ...

Warner Bros. has released a nifty new banner for part two of director Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Before there were three films, you’ll remember that Warner ...

Benedict Cumberbatch did motion-capture and voiceover work for Smaug The dragon%27s mouth proved a challenge Design showed both European and Asian influences He's the biggest star of the movie so ...

Movie theaters breathed fire this weekend as “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” struck box-office gold. The Peter Jackson-directed sequel to last year’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected journey,” raked ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug is off to a smash hit start in Australia having opened on Boxing Day (December 26th) — a national holiday observed by most of the country. The sequel, which ...

Peter Jackson's second film in his "Lord of the Rings" prequel trilogy also is opening in 49 territories internationally. By Rebecca Ford A dragon, 13 dwarfs, some elves, a wizard and a determined ...

trilogy has grossed nearly $900 million worldwide. Ian McKellen is back as Gandalf the Grey, along with Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the ...

I occasionally feel bad for Peter Jackson. Sure he got to bring three of the most beloved books in fiction to life while making a ton of money and winning a boat load of awards in the process, but ...

Costume designer Marty LaConte stretches talents to make a 26-foot-long Smaug dragon for the Ohio Shakespeare Festival's ...

Peter Jackson's second installment in the prequel trilogy hits theaters on Dec. 13. By Rebecca Ford The first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second installment of Peter Jackson‘s ...