Director Peter Jackson and the cast of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies waved goodbye to Middle Earth at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

AFTER 17 years immersed in directing The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit films, Peter Jackson’s immediate plans for a future without the fantasy series are firmly grounded in reality.

Irish actor Aidan Turner tells Ed Power how his role as Kili the dwarf became part of a major storyline in The Hobbit trilogy.

Hobbit stars past and present were reunited on the green carpet for the world premiere of the final film, The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies.

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It was filmed in Middle Earth after all.

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There's a little more urgency to the latest instalment of 'The Hobbit' series, but has director Peter Jackson gone far enough?

* Another classic and demure red carpet look from Victoria Beckham this week.

Elephant does her best to say goodbye to circus

An extra long trailer for 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' (smorg) has been released.

When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in... Co Clare.

The Duke of Cambridge attended the UK premiere of the new Hobbit film on his own tonight, saying his pregnant wife Kate “would have loved to have been here if she could”.

Martin Freeman was never a fan of 'The Hobbit'.

New Zealand’s capital Wellington will rename itself The Middle of Middle-Earth when it hosts the world premiere of The Hobbit movie trilogy next month.

The reaction was as eclectic as the extravaganza director Danny Boyle laid on to open the London Olympics.

Orlando Bloom will reprise his role as elf Legolas for director Peter Jackson's two-part prequel to the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, which will be shot in New Zealand.

THE cast members of The Hobbit are ready to start filming the next edition of mythical adventures from Middle Earth.

The cast members of 'The Hobbit' are ready to start filming the next edition of mythical adventures from Middle Earth.

THEY’VE battled orcs in Middle Earth together and now Lord of the Rings stars Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan have reunited for a private holiday in Ireland.

Ian McKellen has updated his personal website implying he has joined 'The Hobbit'.

New Zealand’s prime minister held a crisis meeting with studio bosses today in a bid to keep filming of 'The Hobbit' movies, but warned his country would not be drawn into a bidding war.

IT’S time to celebrate again in Middle Earth.

Peter Jackson is set to direct The Hobbit, the two-part prequel to the popular Lord Of The Rings trilogy and start shooting in February, Warner Bros said today.

THEY demand seven meals a day, are notoriously clannish and have peculiarly hairy feet but there’s a welcome mat here for Hobbits if filming of their life story in New Zealand runs aground.

Ian McKellen believes 'The Hobbit' will start filming in January.

Guillermo del Toro has pulled out of 'The Hobbit'.

HOLLYWOOD director Guillermo del Toro said yesterday that production delays have forced him to quit the planned film version of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a two-part prequel to New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson’s blockbuster trilogy Lord of the Rings.

Ian McKellen has confirmed ‘The Hobbit’ will start filming in July.

Andy Serkis wants to play Bono in a film of the U2 rocker’s life.

A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the film 'Bruno' is suing Sacha Baron Cohen, US talk show host David Letterman and others for defamation.

Scottish actor James McAvoy has denied reports he is to take the lead role in the new movie version of Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit.

BRITISH actor Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is hoping to reprise the role in another tale from Middle Earth.

Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, said he hopes to reprise the role in another tale from Middle Earth, 'The Hobbit'.

'The Lord of the Rings' musical will close after a run of little more than a year into its run, it was announced today.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson has signed on to produce two movies based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit', after resolving his legal feud with studio bosses over unpaid royalties.

PETER JACKSON and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy The Lord of the Rings.

A New Zealand cave explorer injured in a rock slide was carried to safety today after a three-day rescue, and said he had realised he would die if his friends could not get him to the surface.

The stage version of J R R Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings finally opened in London last night with a standing ovation for its cast of singing orcs and dancing hobbits but mixed reviews from the critics.

LORD OF THE RINGS fans are being offered the chance to buy their own corner of Middle Earth, as long as they have €2.25 million to spare.

Lord of the Rings fans are being offered the chance to buy their own corner of Middle Earth – as long as they have £1.5m (€2.23m) to spare.

New Zealand, the South Pacific nation that native director Peter Jackson transformed into Middle Earth for his epic Lord of the Rings films, was in raptures yesterday as the trilogy’s final instalment swept a record-equalling 11 Oscars including Best Director and Best Film.

New Zealand, the South Pacific nation that local director Peter Jackson transformed into Middle Earth for his epic Lord of the Rings films, was in raptures today as the trilogy’s final instalment swept a record-tying 11 Oscars including Best Director for Jackson and Best Film.

The estate of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien has won the rights to the use of the domain name www.jrrtolkien.com in a United Nations ruling.