The book The Hobbit was the predecessor of The Lord of the Rings. Now, after three Lord of the Rings movies, two Hobbit movies will follow in 2012 and 2013.
This site, which is not the official one, reports on the filming of The Hobbit and gives information on places and persons of the story.
Apart from that, books and collecting informes about new and old books by Tolkien.

Hobbit Film News Blog

12/21/2011
The trailer is here!



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10/28/2011
The Hobbit is set to premiere in Wellington, New Zealand in late November 2012.
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6/20/2011
Barry Humphries will play the Goblin King, Evangeline Lilly a Woodland Elf named Tauriel. The latter doesn't appear in the book.
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6/18/2011
Luke Evans cast as Bard, Benedict Cumberbatch voices Smaug.
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6/7/2011
Orlando Bloom is in again as Legolas and the titles for the movies are revealed: THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN.
Forum news: Legolas, Titles

5/19/2011
The Master of Laketown and Azog have been cast.
Stephen Fry will be playing The Master of Laketown, Conan Stevens will be Azog.
From Peter Jackson's facebook page | Discussion

5/1/2011
Fili and Thranduil have been cast.
Rob Kazinsky had to step back from the role of Fili due to personal reasons. Now Dean O'Gorman will be Fili. Thranduil, the king of the Wool-elves, will be played by Lee Pace.
From Peter Jackson's facebook page | Discussion

4/15/2011
First video from Peter Jackson from the Hobbit set.
THE HOBBIT Start of Production | Discussion

2/7/2011
Filming starts March 21.
Article on Wall Street Journal | Discussion

1/13/2011
Christopher Lee joins the team.
The 88 year old actor will reprise his role as Saruman, providing he is in good health. Besides, a rumor says that David Tennant will be Thranduil, the king of the Wood-elves and father of Legolas.
Article on scifimafia.com | Discussion

1/11/2011
Gandalf and Gollum cast.
As in Lord of the Rings: Ian McKellen is Gandalf, Andy Serkis is the model for the computer-animated Gollum.
Article on hollywoodreporter.com | Discussion

1/7/2011
Frodo in The Hobbit.
Elijah Wood (Frodo) will be in The Hobbit. He will feature in the opening sequence.
Article on theonering.net | Discussion

12/8/2010
Cate Blanchett will be Galadriel again.
Also cast are Ken Stott as Balin, Sylvester McCoy as Radagast, Mikael Persbrandt as Beorn, Ryan Gage as Drogo, Jed Brophy as Nori and William Kircher as Bifur.
Article on comingsoon.net | Discussion

11/2/2010
James Nesbitt is Bofur, Adam Brown is Ori.
This was announced yesterday by New Line, Warner and MGM.
Article on theonering.net | Discussion

10/27/2010
The Hobbit will be made in New Zealand.
Article on Wall Street Journal | Discussion

10/22/2010
Bilbo and some of the dwarves are cast:
Bilbo Baggins: Martin Freeman
Thorin Oakenshield: Richard Armitage
Fili: Rob Kazinsky
Kili: Aidan Turner
Dwalin: Graham McTavish
Oin: John Callen
Gloin: Peter Hambleton
Bombur: Stephen Hunter
Dori: Mark Hadlow
Biographies of the actors on theonering.net | Discussion