There were a lot of great podcast episodes during 2012. We finished the Pillars of the Earth podcast series, interviewed authors, documentary hosts and medieval bloggers. Some of this years topics were requested by you, the listener. So please if you have any requests send them over. Some of the popular episodes include: Mad Monarchs…
As medieval movies go 2012 started out a little slow but ended with a cinematic juggernaut. Most of the movie news coming out this year was in regards to the highly anticipated prequel to the Lord of the Rings saga. While all the talk seemed to center around Bilbo and his band of Dwarves, there…
We are less than two months away from the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The story was originally going to be told over two movies, but director Peter Jackson as expanded it into a trilogy. The first movie hits screens this December, follow by The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug in 2013 and The…
I’m excited to have Peter and Sandra on from Medievalists.net. We covered all sorts of topics, including their love for other historical periods and the state of history programming on television. We even managed to get a Honey Boo Boo reference in, yikes! (I apologize now for including that link…) I guess it’s safe to…
Peter Jackson is releasing Production videos of the filming process for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. This video documents the logistics of going ‘On Location’ and the building of Hobbiton. I have worked on movie sets before but this one is massive! The filming location is the same as The Lord of the Rings trilogy,…
Peter Jackson and company are releasing more photos from the upcoming movie The Hobbit. This one is a ‘young’ Gandalf The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue…
The trailer is out and we get to see a young Bilbo Baggins embark on his adventure to stop the dragon Smaug. Bilbo, along with his dwarven companions, encounters Trolls, Goblins and giant spiders. While lost in the goblin caves Bilbo finds a mysterious ring and a goblin called Gollum. The trailer has the same…
Where will you be in one year? Waiting in line to see The Hobbit perhaps? It was announced today that the movie will open on 14 Dec 2012. Directed by Peter Jackson, the same director for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit will be a two part movie. Part one titled The Hobbit:…
