Previously, Jackson and Del Toro had confirmed that The Hobbit would have a December 2011 release date, but unfortunately Variety has informed that Alan Horn “won’t predict when the first of the two ‘Hobbit’ films will be out, but says the most probable scenario would be a release in the fourth quarter of 2012.”
The delays [...]

Actor Orlando Bloom, who played Legolas in The Lord of the Rings triology, has said that he would like to return in The Hobbit. When interviewed at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival by MTV, he said that he has approached producer Peter Jackson about possibility to return:

You know, if you want me to wear the blonde wig [...]

The tabloid The Sun has informed recently that actor Tobey Maguire (Spiderman) is rumored to play the Bilbo Baggins role in The Hobbit. The rumours have been doing the rounds for about 1 month, indicating that both producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo Del Toro have been chasing Maguire:
Everyone is over the moon. Tobey is [...]

In a new interview with iFMagazine, the legendary actor Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed his involvement with The Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, indicating:

I have been promised I’m in it.

This happened 12 hours from eating dinner with The Hobbit director Guillermo Del Toro. He also mentioned that it’s possible that he will reprise [...]

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January the 3rd, 1892, so we are celebrating his birthday today!
Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of C. S. Lewis and they were [...]

Enjoy 2010! Hopefully, a lot of news about The Hobbit will be published!