So... A lot of stuff has happened this week

Most importantly the world-wide opening of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! (A review is coming soon, so don't worry.) But that is certainly not all. Go beyond the break to check out the latest reviews, interviews, spoilers, and much, much more! 

New production photos of Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis, and, of course, Peter Jackson

Check out these awesome new behind-the-scenes images! Some of them are unsourced, and very well could be from a new production video coming out in a few months? What do think? Leave a comment!

UPDATE: The photos of Benedict Cumberbatch doing motion capture for Smaug comes from this video, apparently from the bonus material from the Extended Edition of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. 

Warner Bros. has finally given free reign to interviews, set visits, and plot spoilers!

This news is a few days old, I know, but life is busy. Anyways, if you have not heard, seen, or read any of the following, here is a list of interviews and set tours that contain many, many spoilers, yet, believe me, they are worth seeing.

Undoubtedly Smaug will be the highlight of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,

And there are a few things you may be interested in knowing about this vile wyrm, which may or may not be surprising. Peter Jackson is a master of leaking out just the right amount of information to stir up the greatest enthusiasm and annoyance among fans. Very little is known about Smaug, but it is worth knowing, nonetheless. 

Learn more about Smaug and why there will be three films

In the first video, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt discuss Benedict Cumberbatch and his role as Smaug. In the second video, the same three cast members are interviewed once again and asked about the length of the movies. Enjoy!

CraveOnlineVideo interviews Martin Freeman!
CraveOnline, an Australian DVD and Blu-ray retailer, and Martin Freeman, the star of The Hobbit, Sherlock, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, discuss Freeman's personal history with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien  how the ending of the first movie changed after the third film was announced, Benedict Cumberbatch and his role as Smaug, and Andy Serkis as 2nd Unit Director, all in five minutes. 

Poster by David Chalmer

Here is the second part to A (Guessed) Preview Into The Desolation of Smaug! Once again, I will give you summaries of the chapters in The Hobbit that I think will be covered in the movie, and then discuss various picturess. I tried to divide the posts equally (so there will be four chapters covered in this one also), but this one may be shorter as there are not very many photos left. However, do not let that discourage you from reading the rest of this post!

Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor who does the voice of Smaug, the dragon and main antagonist in The Hobbit, says that we will only get a glimpse of Smaug in the first film. According to him, all we will get to see is the eye of the red wyrm near the conclusion of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures again, but I didn't expect to find any, because Smaug appears at the end of the movie and he will be (I'm expecting) the main advertising theme for the next movie.