In The Hobbit, Thorin Oakenshield ... This made the two dwarves cousins and both direct descendants of Dáin I, their great grandfather and King Under the Mountain, through male-only relatives.

There were several differences between the film and book versions of the The Hobbit's Battle of the Five Armies – namely, what the fifth army was.

In Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Richard Armitage plays dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield. Armitage talks to WSJ's Barbara Chai about his transformation for the role ...

The production proves that the most enduring star of The Hobbit has never been Bilbo Baggins, but Tolkien’s story itself.

The agreement will see books seven and eight in the thriller series brought to life by Richard Armitage who is best known for playing the dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit trilogy and ...

Cantal is attacked by Puy-de-Dôme. King Thorin cannot face them alone. Accompanied by Bilbon the Hobbit and Gandalf the Wizard, he must roam Cantal in search of allies. Will the villagers of ...

In "King Lear," a tragic story of pride ... When the wizard Gandalf shows up offering Hobbit Bilbo Baggins an adventure of a lifetime, he's swept on a quest involving dwarves, trolls, goblins, a magic ...