To create the dragon in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," having Benedict "in a mocap suit … seemed to help get him immersed and home in on the character." By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor “Our ...

Benedict Cumberbatch plays his second major villain of the year (or third, depending on your feelings about Julian Assange) in Peter Jackson's darker, pacier Hobbit sequel, The Desolation of Smaug.

Audiences will be transported back to J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy realm of Middle-earth this Friday in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and in that spirit, the stars of the film-- ...

Andy Serkis has said that Benedict Cumberbatch will be "extraordinary" in The Hobbit. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes star explained that the design of the dragon Smaug is a closely guarded secret, ...