Judging part one of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” prelude “The Hobbit” is a bit like reviewing a film after seeing only the first act. Yet here goes: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In retrospect, Jackson faced an uphill battle from the start, but he and his collaborators, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, made a ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings novels changed fantasy writing forever. Laying the foundations of the genre's position as a cornerstone of geek culture, it eventually paved the way for the ...

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels are getting ready for the second film in "The Hobbit" trilogy, "The Desolation of Smaug," which features new adventures with elves, wizards, and angry orcs. Director ...

More than a decade has passed since Peter Jackson and company first ventured to Middle Earth with “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” At this point, audiences pretty much know what to ...

Tragedy struck behind the scenes of The Hobbit trilogy, as reports reveal that around 27 animals died while being kept at a ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of the smash hit "Lord of the Rings" films said on Tuesday they settled a legal dispute and agreed to make two movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," but ...

I am Patrick Lyon, and I write for Collider. I also teach Latin and Literature on the high school level, and have been a lifelong fan of the works of Tolkien. There is a long and complicated history ...