After watching The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug I quickly realized my initial estimation for the amount of gold under the mountain was WAY too low. There are some other things I noticed, but ...

Although audiences are led through the story of Middle-earth by Frodo, a Hobbit, The Lord of the Ringscomprises a few other races, one of which is Dwarves. Gimli is the main Dwarf in the trilogy ...

Mike Seymour of Wired, narrates this new The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies video showcasing the digital effects that Weta's artists constructed for the Lonely Mountain battle sequences ...

In an interview, Tolkien, while not specifically characterizing the Jews as warlike, nonetheless spoke to an explicit connection with biblical characterizations of the Jews, with the biblical ...

The 'Hobbit' returns: New movie art reveals 'Desolation of Smaug' Legolas — otherwise known as actor Orlando Bloom — is back, and to no one's surprise, he still knows how to wield a bow.

Hit the jump to check out The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug character designs for various Orcs, Azog's Lieutenant, Thranduil, Elven Palace Guards and Evangeline Lilly's Tauriel.

Using these values, I get a gold-volume of 39.6 m 3.I'm just going to guess that this is one of about 4 piles of gold. Yes, these are crazy guesses, but I have to start somewhere.

THE BASICS: THE HOBBIT, a play by Greg Banks, based on the classic novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, directed by Chris Kelly, starring Glen Chitty, Anna Krempholtz, Thomas Evans, Preston Williams, and Lily ...

In the Third Age of Middle-earth, The One Ring was destroyed and Sauron vanquished. But it wasn't a time of celebration for the dwarves. The underground kingdom of Moria, also known as Khazad-dûm ...

Harfoots, as laid out by Tolkien in his books, are one of three different types of hobbits and are essentially ancestors to the hobbits we see in “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” ...

A box set of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is on sale for almost 50% off, a luxurious pocket-sized box set also received a big discount, and there's a one-volume hardback edition that wraps ...