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There is a lot of excitement over the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel "The Hobbit," and now that excitement has been boosted by news that Warner Bros. will add a third film to what was already a two-parter. What that doesn't mean, however, is a full new story -- but mostly the stretching of th ...

The story that started what would become the Lord of the Rings trilogy will finally get the big-screen treatment a decade -- and a long, fought battle -- after J.R.R. Tolkien's most famous books were set to film. And the man at the helm of "The Hobbit"? You guess it. Peter Jackson. After month ...

There was some recent excitement among conservatives that long-time talk show host and journalist Geraldo Rivera might take on a bid for a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey. However, Rivera ended that speculation by announcing he won't run. And his reasons? Think about Lord of the Rings. Because you ...

Perhaps no English speaking writer's works have been more lovingly translated into film then of J.R.R. Tolkien. In Peter Jackson's trilogy based on Lord of the Rings, he literally got an entire nation to pitch in to bring the fantastical tale of an ancient evil to the silver screen. The results ...

It's over. After 266 days, principal photography for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" has ended in New Zealand. And now begins the anticipation for the upcoming release of the Lord of the Rings prequel series. Following the same path he did a decade earli ...

Last September, independent filmmaker James Kerwin criticized Peter Jackson's announcement that he would film and display "The Hobbit" at 48 frames per second, far faster than the standard 24 frames per second that we see in nearly all films. "This is a foolish path," Kerwin, who wrote and direc ...

Fans still have a year to wait until they get to see the first part of Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth with "The Hobbit," but Bilbo Baggins himself has shared some behind-the-scenes tidbits, including his encounter with Gollum. "The first thing I filmed was finding the ring in Gollum's cav ...

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If you were a nay-sayer who thought "The Hobbit" really was cursed then you'll be surprised to learn that filming has finally started on the Lord of the Rings prequels. Anticipation for the Lord of the Rings prequels has been paramount but many followers believed for a while that the film would n ...

The journey of bringing "The Hobbit" to the big screen has been a long and bumpy road, with some even suggesting that the project was cursed. But with principal production set to begin on March 21 it looks like a smoother ride ahead for "The Hobbit." The prequel movies revolve around Bilbo Bagg ...