Smaug poses a menacing threat in The Hobbit, raising the question of why he's the only dragon to appear in the Lord of the ...

If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill ... them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to?

In an interview, Tolkien, while not specifically characterizing the Jews as warlike, nonetheless spoke to an explicit connection with biblical characterizations of the Jews, with the biblical narrativ ...

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has revisited several of his iconic characters over the years, with multiple turns as Sherlock Holmes in the “Sherlock” series, Smaug the dragon in the “Hobbit” trilogy and ...

Sir Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf the Grey in "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug," discusses whether the wizard may or may not be gay, in this excerpt from a conversation with WSJ's Barbara Chai.

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself ...

Starring Martin Freeman as Frodo's cousin Bilbo Baggins, "The Hobbit'' trilogy consists of "An Unexpected Journey" (2012), "The Desolation of Smaug" (2013), and "The Battle of the Five Armies" (2014).

THE HOBBIT, a play by Greg Banks, based on the classic novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, directed by Chris Kelly, starring Glen Chitty, Anna Krempholtz, Thomas Evans, Preston Williams, ...

The Hobbit collection is a three-part epic fantasy-adventure film directed and produced by Peter Jackson and based on J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel of the same name. The trilogy of films are ...

It's a lighter weekend for new releases, with five, but there are still some to keep an eye out for, including one from a hot up-and-coming horror director. Zachary Levi stars in The Unbreakable ...