USA Today has just revealed a new promotional still from The Hobbit, in which we see Bilbo Baggins in a forest:

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led [...]

Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGO Group announced today a partnership that awards the world’s leading construction toy brand exclusive rights to develop build-and-play construction sets based on THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ trilogy and the two films based on THE HOBBIT™. The multi-year licensing agreement grants access to the library of characters, settings, [...]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is set to hit theaters December 14th, 2012.

Finally we can see an image of Balin and Dwalin in The Hobbit “Dwarf Lords in their own right, Balin and Dwalin are close relatives of Thorin. Beyond this, these brothers are two of his most loyal and trusted friends. An old warrior, Balin has lived through hard times and fought many battles, yet he [...]

Thanks to TOR, we now have new pictures of The Hobbit sets being built in Miramar, New Zeland. The architecture resembles the Moria sets, but it’s still unsure about the specific use they will have in the production phase:    

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 [...]