While An Unexpected Journey had plenty of bucolic charm, it did, for a Middle-earth film, feel oddly inconsequential. The Desolation Of Smaug remedies that. Moody, urgent and, for want of a better ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Warner Bros. has released a nifty new banner ...

A heavyset man of gross demeanor lurches out of an inn, gnawing a meat bone, and a chuckle of surprise runs through the audience. Peter Jackson, the directorial lord of The Lord of the Rings, the man ...

When Peter Jackson set about adapting J.R.R. Tolkien children’s novel “The Hobbit” as a sprawling trilogy of eight running hours, we felt we could expect certain things. One would be the best special ...

LONDON — “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” leads the contest for the Jameson Empire Awards, which are voted for by readers of Empire magazine. The pic had seven nominations, followed by “The ...

In anticipation of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies Screen Junkies have released their new Honest Trailer for THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. One of the more impressive aspects of director ...

The four-time Oscar winner describes creating a CG dragon that was "twice as big as a 747," saying Peter Jackson "wanted his physical size to dominate." By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor “He’s huge, ...

Peter Jackson's second film in his "Lord of the Rings" prequel trilogy also is opening in 49 territories internationally. By Rebecca Ford A dragon, 13 dwarfs, some elves, a wizard and a determined ...

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” rolled out with a smashing $32.7 million No. 1 opening in China this weekend, distributor Warner Bros. reported Sunday. It’s the biggest three-day opening for a ...