In a find that would be worth of a place among Smaug’s pile of gold and jewels underneath the Lonely Mountain, a rare book ...

The decision to sprawl The Hobbit across three films ensured that the first instalment, An Unexpected Journey, was little more than a long winded set-up — just as things got going, the film ended.

Warning: There are some spoilers ahead. "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" is out in theaters Friday. We saw the second installment to Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" trilogy Tuesday night in 3D and ...

Glad tidings, followers of the Peter Jackson film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's stories of Middle Earth. The second film in the trilogy of movies based on the 1937 fantasy novel, The Hobbit, is ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has released two new promo images. The first image - taken from a HarperCollins book jacket - shows Martin Freeman as Bilbo, reflected in a close-up of the ...

Keep your eyes peeled for a look at the rampaging dragon in the video above. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will hit theaters on December 14.

Ultimately, it comes down to Smaug himself also having a form of dragon sickness. Like Thorin, and like Thror before him, he too is made greedy and unreasonable by the gold within the mountain.

In Smaug, the characters step from the book’s pages and leap vividly out of the 3-D screen — at 48 frames per second, in some theaters, a technique less distracting than it was the first time.

Meanwhile, Bilbo, who wasn't captured, works to get them free. With the help of Bard (Luke Evans), the Dwarves arm themselves and set out to confront the Dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).