The Hobbit

First Trailer For The Hobbit Is Out

2:15PM December 21, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The debut trailer for Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit, due next year, is now up on Apple’s site in glorious HD-O-Vision. [Apple] More »

In Real Life

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Guillermo Del Toro’s Monsters

11:15AM February 1, 2011 | Meredith Woerner

The New Yorker has published a long and amazingly in-depth article about the modern-day godfather of monsters, Guillermo del Toro. Here are the 10 coolest bits, including a look at the new Frankenstein, and what GDT’s Smaug could have been! More »

In Real Life

Raise A Glass To The Father Of High Fantasy

9:20AM January 4, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Today we celebrate the birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, the English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor whose contributions to English literature forever changed the way we imagine fantasy worlds. More »

News

Guillermo Del Toro Not Directing The Hobbit

7:00AM June 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Cronos) was slated to direct two feature films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. He was already to go! And now, he’s not. More »