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And it was his birthday!

Well, we knew Amazon was looking for its own Game of Thrones; we just didn’t think they’d aim this high. A full-scale Lord of the Rings TV series is in development at Warner Bros., with Amazon leading the pack in an understandably competitive bid.

'The Battle Of The Five Armies', the third and final installment in 'The Hobbit' film series, hits theaters nationwide this Wednesday, December 17th. Last night on 'The Colbert Report', Stephen Colbert, who has proven himself to be more knowledgeable on the source material than the filmmakers and even has a cameo in the second film 'The Desolation of Smaug', interviewed Smaug the Magnificent, the story's antagonist.

We heard the rumors that the third of Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' trilogy would be undergoing a title change and today, it came to pass. What was once 'The Hobbit: There and Back Again' is now 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.' What was once pleasant and sentimental is now battle-hardened and filled with promises of action. Take from that change what you will.

First things first, Happy 80th Birthday to Willie Nelson! Secondly, you gotta check out the "audition tape" he did for Conan's Interweb Exclusive where he tries to convince director Peter Jackson to dump that Ian McKellen fella and put him in the role of Gandalf in the next installment of The Hobbit! Check out the video!

There are a number of 'how the movie should have ended' animated videos on YouTube, and now there is one for 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'. Note, that The Hobbit is the "prequel" to 'The Lord of the Rings' and there will be 3 films for one book. This funny animated video is pretty logical when it comes to what would really happen. Watch it here.

I stumbled across this video on YouTube just now. If you are a fan of The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit films and the wonderful score of Howard Shore, you may dig this. YouTube user Matthew Pegoli put together this amazing medley of music from those films and made them metal. You can watch the video here.

Here is the second trailer for the first film in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. The first film is called 'An Unexpected Journey' and will be released in cinemas on December 14th, 2012. Just from this two minute trailer, the film looks amazing. Watch the trailer for 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' here.

With Peter Jackson's film adaptation of 'The Hobbit' now a trilogy, they had to rename some of the films. What is really cool about it is that you don't have to wait a whole year between the second and third films.

Peter Jackson's two-part film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is now going to be a trilogy. It was confirmed today after rumors have been circulating about Jackson making the film a trilogy.

Today, director Peter Jackson confirmed that they have wrapped principal photography on the two part film adaptation of 'The Hobbit'. The first part, "An Unexpected Journey" will be released this December on the 14th. The second part, titled "There And Back Again" will be released a year later on December 13th, 2013.

There's been quite the anticipation for the prequel to the Lord of the Rings movies, The Hobbit. A two part series that brought back director/producer Peter Jackson. He debuted 10 minutes of the movie, in which some loved it, and others...not so much. The mixed reviews come after Jackson shot the 3D movie in 48 fps (frames per second) instead of the industry standard 24 fps. See what some folks ha

After years and years of waiting for the much beloved prequel to "The Lord Of The Rings" to hit the big screen, "The Hobbit" is finally coming to theaters!!