In Real Life

These Girls Sing A Darned Lovely Song About Hobbits

Well, aw. I have to admit a fondness for Leonard Nimoy’s Hobbit Song, but this is on a whole new level. For starters, it’s actually good.


December 21, 2011
Uncategorized

First Trailer For The Hobbit Is Out

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]


February 1, 2011
In Real Life

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

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!


January 4, 2011
In Real Life

Raise A Glass To The Father Of High Fantasy

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.


June 1, 2010
News

Guillermo Del Toro Not Directing The Hobbit

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.


June 11, 2009
News

No Hobbit Game Just Yet

Games based on movies are typically rushed out — and it shows. That might be why we won’t be getting a video game version of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming flick The Hobbit any time soon.