Uncut footage has been released of Benedict Cumberbatch's motion-capture performance as Smaug the dragon in The Hobbit movies. And man, does he go for it. For the actor's first foray into ...

No action/fantasy film is complete without a good villain, and Desolation delivers on all fronts. Jackson has created in Smaug a lifelike threat, breathing new life into a rather cartoonish character ...

The mother of all dragons crashed The Colbert Report last night. Literally. It's not the first time a CGI character has appeared on a talk show, but it's one of the best. Smaug, the mighty dragon from ...

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch likened recording his animated role of the fire-breathing dragon in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" to "playing like a kid." Directed and produced by Peter ...

While we returned to the vast, well-realized locale of Middle-earth, there’s no denying that the drawn-out, CGI-filled, stakes-free first installment of Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit trilogy made for one ...

A year ago, Peter Jackson led audiences on an exciting albeit overlong quest in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and like its predecessor, "The Desolation of Smaug" is a welcome return to the lore ...

With the last episode of “The Colbert Report” imminent, host Stephen Colbert is using his last few installments to go out with a bang — or in this case, a blaze of dragon fire. Colbert, a noted ...

Stephen Colbert puts Smaug the dragon in the hot seat for a Hobbit interview which sees much of Hollywood get gleefully insulted It's definitely one of the better interviews to come out of the film ...