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The Hobbit

There And Back Again

Quick, Everyone Get To New Zealand! Peter Jackson Is Filming The Hobbit Again!

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:03 am, May 21st, 2013

Peter Jackson steps into the fray once more in order to have enough scenes for three complete Hobbit films. Can it be done? 

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There And Back Again

Watch Willie Nelson Audition for Gandalf in “The Hobbit 2” [VIDEO]

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:45 pm, April 29th, 2013

“You can hire me and fire that Ian McKellen guy,” says country music legend Willie Nelson to Peter Jackson in this audition tape. “He’s a good actor, but hell, I’m Willie Nelson.”

He has a point there, Peej.

(via: Laughing Squid)

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My Precious!

Black Milk Adds New Items To Their The Lord of the Rings Line. What Say You About Them?

by Rebecca Pahle | 3:30 pm, April 18th, 2013

Feel free to leave a comment about which one(s) you’re coveting (for me that’s the map dress/tunic top and dwarf leggings). Alternatively, we can discuss Black Milk’s pricing ($85 for leggings?!) and how their clothes are don’t come in plus sizes. Your mileage may vary. Whatever. It’s all good.

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My Precious!

If You Thought Lord of the Rings Was an Epic Journey, Wait Until You Watch This Nerdy Scavenger Hunt Proposal

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:43 pm, April 12th, 2013

This may be the sweetest, most involved geek proposal I’ve ever seen. Luke Plastow put together a Lord of the Rings themed scavenger hunt for his girlfriend on Christmas Day last year with the intent of asking her to marry him at the end. He wrote to us to say, “She is a huge Tolkein fan and it seemed right that if I was going to give her a ring it should be LOTR themed. The ring itself is Palladium, with a stone the same colour as Sauron’s eye. The setting for the stone is the same shape as Isengard. Inside the ring is an inscription in Black Speech saying ‘One ring to rule them all.’ ”

Luke, if you weren’t already taken…oh wait, you said your fiancé reads our site…best of luck in your lifelong fellowship!

(via a tip from the soon-to-be Groom)

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We Can Be Heroes

Is Catwoman A Hero? MTV Wants To Know.

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:35 pm, April 9th, 2013

To be fair, it seems MTV has already decided Catwoman is a hero, they’re just looking for confirmation from you. But she does have competition. You can vote for who will go home with the Best Hero Award at the MTV Movie Awards here. We’d love to see Selina win because we know she’s a good egg but looks like either Bilbo or Snow White already have it in the bag.

(via MTV Splash Page)

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Questions! Questions That Need Answering

Does Peter Jackson Have A Copy Of The Star Wars: Episode VIII Script?

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:20 am, April 4th, 2013

At first glance you may not see anything in this photo but a desk but if you look closer you might see history in the making. Or an April Fool’s prank. We’re not sure. What you’re looking at is a still from this The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug preview video Peter Jackson posted on April 1. FirstShowing.net pulled a screencap from 4:51 in which you may notice, is a script to Star Wars: Episode VIII. I think we can say one thing for sure, showing it was not a mistake. However, we don’t know if this was meant as a joke (he does have a great prop department at hand) or meant to drive nerds completely out of their minds. What do you think?

Previously in Star Wars

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Curiouser and curiouser!

Too Lazy To Turn A Page? Read Classic Novels On A Poster Instead!

by Jill Pantozzi | 10:15 am, April 4th, 2013

Spineless Classics (awesome name, btw) sells posters with entire novels printed on them. But can you actually read them if so inclined? “Hard as it may be to believe, each one of our designs contains the full text of the book. Where there are shapes in the design, the words wrap to the edges rather than being removed or shaded,” they write. “The apparent font size is roughly 4 point which is perfectly legible with the naked eye if you have 20/20 vision, or with light magnification if you don’t.” Check out what books like Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Dracula, and more look like when laid out flat.

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Questions! Questions That Need Answering

Stephen Colbert Crashes Peter Jackson’s The Desolation of Smaug Preview to Grill the Director About Elvish Hierarchy [VIDEO]

by Rebecca Pahle | 11:25 am, April 1st, 2013

Following the home video release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson held a live video event where he spilled some details about The Desolation of Smaug. In this excerpt, Stephen Colbert just couldn’t stop himself from popping up to ensure that he’s getting the elves right. You know nothing, Peter Jackson.

There’s some actual information about Desolation of Smaug in here, too. And a bit of Tauriel. And some Billy Boyd! Hi there, Pippin.

(via: SuperHeroHype)

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Oh My Stars and Garters

Ian McKellen Is Set To Officiate Patrick Stewart’s Wedding, Promises No Mutant Attacks, Lots of Fireworks

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:03 am, March 19th, 2013

In what may be one of the greatest moments in geek history, it was announced Sir Ian McKellen would marry longtime friend and colleague Sir Patrick Stewart. The only way this story could have been better would be if they were marrying each other.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The Hobbit, With Cats

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, March 18th, 2013

As Jill pointed out, the cat version of Bilbo looks an awful lot like Crookshanks from Harry Potter. Anyway, everyone knows Martin Freeman is actually a hedgehog. (By Andrea Femerstrand, via Geek-Art)

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