We, Lord of the Rings fans, were understandably excited when New Line announced the release of the epic fantasy trilogy on Blu-ray last year. We were less thrilled (though not terribly surprised) when it turned out the initial release would just be the theatrical cuts of the films, rather than the extended editions that incorporated [...]

According to Movieweb, actor Orlando Bloom will reportedly rake in US $1 million to reprise his role as Legolas in the upcoming The Hobbit movies! It might not sound like much by movie-star standards, but Bloom will reportedly be on screen for less than 2 minutes, making for a pretty impressive per-minute rate—and, reportedly, he’ll rake in more than [...]

The Hobbit is becoming more like a reunion of The Lord of the Rings stars than a prequel. Actors Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggings), Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Andy Serkis (Gollum) and Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) are all back for their reprisals in the two-part prequel. Also, actors Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Christopher Lee (Saruman) are negotiating to reprise [...]

Why did it take the man behind Gandalf so long to commit officially to The Hobbit? In a surprisingly candid post on his official ebsite, Ian McKellen spoke about behind-the-scenes developments and his own ambivalence surrounding the two-part project. Could I let Gandalf go? Would anyone else care if I did?” he wrote, going on to [...]

It has been confirmed that Elijah Wood will be returning as Frodo Baggins, the hobbit who risked everything to destroy the One Ring in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy, in the anticipated The Hobbit movie adaptation! Altough Frodo doesn’t appear in The Hobbit book written by the acclaimed author JRR Tolkien on which the movies will be based, (and the [...]