Today brings us the first poster for Peter Jackson’s second of his three-part Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. And what a poster it is! My gosh, is that the Lonely Mountain ...

A new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been released, and it gives more of a taste of what Bilbo and his cohort of dwarves will find as they head toward the Lonely Mountain.

Neil Finn had dwarves on the mind when he wrote “Song of the Lonely Mountain,” a ballad that plays over the end credits of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. When the New Zealand composer met ...

Tolkien's The Hobbit was a much smaller-scale story than its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, but there are still aspects of it that are curious, including the Five Armies. Part of The Hobbit's smaller ...

His position at the outset of the story is an ironic and symbolic prefiguring of the dragon’s surrounding himself with treasure in his "home" in the Lonely Mountain.

The story of dwarven king Thorin Oakenshield in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel perfectly illustrates how the relentless pursuit of wealth can undermine the fulfilling experience of true riches.

The Wood-Elves, who in the first film spoke snobbishly of the Lonely Mountain quest as if it were too grimy a notion for an aristocratic race to consider supporting, deign this time to welcome ...

The final installment of the Hobbit trilogy is the best, featuring more spectacular action scenes as well as the series' most emotionally resonant moments. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ...

Hear The Hobbit's Song of the Lonely Mountain Neil Finn's song from the closing credits to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits the net.

Well, a fan who goes by Tolkieneditor has gone and cut The Hobbit down to a single, four-hour movie he’s dubbed The Hobbit: The Tolkien Edit, with the original book as his guide.

Stick hair on your feet, grab your comically oversized beard and try not to stand on loose blocks: LEGO The Hobbit is arriving in April. Launching on April 8th in the US and 11th in Europe, the ...

The company's greatest threat, though, comes from the titular Smaug, the giant dragon who has lived in the Lonely Mountain, sleeping in the dwarves' hoard of treasure, ever since he destroyed ...