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• Hobbit Report, News

  The Hobbit Report: Is Tobey Maguire the new Bilbo?

  01.18.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Today Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported that American actor Tobey Maguire, recently released from any commitment to a fourth Spider-Man film, has accepted the role of young Bilbo Baggins in the two upcoming The Hobbit film adaptations.

• Hobbit Report, News

  The Hobbit Report: December 4, 2009

  12.11.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Tolkien movie fans were dismayed to learn this week that production on the two-part The Hobbit feature film will not begin in March 2010, as was previously announced. Producer Peter Jackson told a German film site that principal photography on the Lord of the Rings prequel will not begin until mid-2010 at the earliest.

• Humor

  Scientific Pie Chart: Who Got Shit Done in ‘The Hobbit?’

  11.05.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This chart illustrates which characters in The Hobbit actually get any shit done.

• Features

  Today in Middle-Earth history: September 22nd (Happy Birthday Bilbo & Frodo!)

  09.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  On September 22nd, 2890 TA, Bilbo Baggins was born to Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Baggins (née Took), probably at Bag End.

  Precisely 78 years later, on September 22nd, 2968 TA, Frodo Baggins was born to Drogo Baggins and Primula Baggins (née Brandybuck), probably at Brandy Hall in Buckland.

• Features, Hobbit Report

  The Hobbit Report: August, 2009

  08.26.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Director Guillermo del Toro has confirmed, in an interview with BBC Radio 5, that Sir Ian McKellen will reprise the role of Gandalf in the upcoming two-part film version of The Hobbit. Del Toro also revealed that Hugo Weaving will return as Elrond Half-elven, and Andy Serkis will once again provide the voice and movements for the computer-generated character Gollum.

• Hobbit Report, News

  The Hobbit Report: July, 2009

  07.24.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Will the Tenth Doctor play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit? Multiple online and mainstream press sources, particularly the UK’s Telegraph, are speculating that Doctor Who star David Tennant has been tapped to portray a younger Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit.

• Features, Opinion

  Which Characters from the Lord of the Rings Movies Will Appear in The Hobbit?

  06.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

  What characters from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy could or should appear in the The Hobbit? Let’s run down the list…

• Features, Tolkien 101

  Tolkien 101: Bilbo Baggins

  06.02.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Bilbo Baggins is the title character of 1937’s The Hobbit, Tolkien’s first published novel that takes place in Middle Earth. The story is told from Bilbo’s perspective; in fact, although this is not indicated in the novel itself, it was Tolkien’s intention that Bilbo himself was the author of The Hobbit and the story’s narrator, with Tolkien himself only acting as the “translator” of an ancient document.

• Features

  Tolkien’s characters — how would they vote?

  11.03.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  As for whom Gandalf would advise you to vote, he would be torn between McCain’s strong military stance against Mordor, and Obama’s pledge to reverse the worst excesses of Denethor’s disastrous reign. Chances are he’d back Ron Paul, as Gandalf would be quite keen to see a hobbit in the White House.

• Videos

  The Hobbit + Nimoy = Despair

  10.23.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Okay, so this isn’t new to 90% of the Tolkien fan community. But if there is some n00b out there, a young person who just discovered Tolkien, who hasn’t seen this — well, then I want to be the one to introduce it. Won’t somebody think of the children?

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