Stephen Colbert in The Hobbit? (Updated)

Could huge The Lord of the Rings fan Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report be doing a cameo in the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? Empir...

New Cast Member for The Hobbit

The One Ring is reporting that John Rawls has joined The Hobbit cast as Azog, King of the Orcs of Moria. The actor's previous credits ...

The Hobbit Elves Casting Call

For those in the Willington, New Zealand area, The Hobbit production is seeking extras to play Elves for the movie. You have to be 17 years...

Billy Connolly Joins The Hobbit Cast

New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson released a press release announcing that Sir Billy Connolly has joined the cast of The Hobbit. He will pl...

The Hobbit Casting Call Gets Overwhelming Response

According to the Noldar Blog , it seems that the casting call Saturday in Wellington, New Zealand got an unprecedented response. So extreme...

Casting Call for The Hobbit

If you live in the Wellington, New Zealand area, then good news for you as Peter Jackson's The Hobbit is on hte hunt for extras. Based ...

Hobbit Casting Call

If you live in New Zealand, you might have a chance to join The Hobbit as an extra. The production is seeking Elf extras for filming in Sep...

Jackson Announces Two More Cast Members

Sir Peter Jackson has added a new entry to his official Facebook page confirming the casting of two actors and announcing the addition of t...

Cumberbatch's Hobbit Roles Revealed

Deadline is reporting that Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) has been cast as the voice of Smaug the Dragon and as the voice of the Necromanc...

Luke Evans Joins The Hobbit Cast

Peter Jackson has found his Bard. Deadline is reporting that Luke Evans has signed on to play Bard the Grim for The Hobbit. In the novel,...

Orlando Bloom Officially Joins The Hobbit

Sir Peter Jackson has updated his Facebook profile with news that Orlando Bloom has joined the cast of The Hobbit to reprise the role of Le...

Cumberbatch to Voice Smaug? (Updated)

Just the other day Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch was rumored to be joining the Hobbit production and now the rumor mill has assigned ...

Sherlock Joining The Hobbit?

A tweet from the BBC's Lizo Mzimba indicates another actor may be joining the cast of The Hobbit. He wrote, "Martin Freeman just s...

Three More Join The Hobbit

Peter Jackson has announced via Facebook that three more have joined the cast of The Hobbit. Stephen Fry has been cast as The Master of La...

Saorise Ronan Out of the Hobbit

After a few months of rumors, Saorise Ronan has laid to rest the idea that she was going to join the cast of the Hobbit as the elf Itaril. ...

Hugo Weaving Signed On For The Hobbit?

New Zealand Stuff is reporting that Hugo Weaving has sign on to return to the role of Elrond for The Hobbit films. The article says "T...

Fili and Thranduil Cast

Sir Peter Jackson has announced the casting of the roles of Fili (one of 13 dwarves with Bilbo) and Elvenking Thranduil (who captures the ...

A Dwarf Leaves The Hobbit

Citing personal reasons, Peter Jackson announced on his Facebook page that Robert Kazinsky is leaving The Hobbit. Kazinsky was cast as Fi...

Jackson Confirms Ian Holm's Return

Yesterday Sir Peter Jackson posted his thoughts on the script writing process and today he followed that up with a bit of casting news for...

Nimoy As Voice of Smaug?

A little over a week ago Entertainment Weekly revealed that Leonard Nimoy was cast as the voice of Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of ...