$1.6m worth of make up goes into making `The Hobbit` dwarf

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 17:23

To make a man look like a dwarf, it takes three hours in the make-up chair, ten test faces, a wig, a beard, some body padding, eight weeks of dwarf -walk training and 1.6 million dollars worth of prosthetics.

Early human species `hobbit` may have shrunk due to island dwarfism

Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 12:23

A study of the remains of the creature nicknamed the "hobbit" shows that there may have been a dwarf version of an early human species.

Peter Jackson gives fans sneak peek into next Hobbit movie

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 15:41

Peter Jackson connected to his numerous fans via a live session to host the first look of `The Desolation of Smaug`, the second movie in the Hobbit franchise, releasing this December.

`Hobbit` to in billion dollar club by March

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 13:52

`Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey` is on its way to join the billion dollar club by March this year.

`The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey` falls victim to video piracy

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 17:37

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ which cost an estimated 663 million dollars to make and has been dubbed the most expensive movie ever produced, was put up for free and illegal, download by a website.

`The Hobbit` remains No. 1 at weekend box office with $36.7mn revenue

Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 16:10

Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ earned 36.7 million dollars to remain No. 1 at the box office for the second-straight weekend.

`The Hobbit` breaks December box office record with $84.8m opening

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 12:29

‘The Hobbit’ led the box office with a haul of 84.8 million dollars - a record-setting opening better than the three previous ‘Lord of the Rings’ films, it has been revealed.

Andy Serkis has a full size Gollum sculpture at home

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 20:02

Andy Serkis, who is reprising his role as Gollum in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’, has revealed that he has full sized sculpture of the character sitting on a rock with a fish.