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SD calendar reveals a new image of Beorn? In human form?
The back cover of a 2014 Hobbit calendar from SD Toys reveals something interesting — what we believe is a new image of the shapeshifter Beorn, as played by Mikael Persbrandt. Excitingly, we believe it...
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TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – August 11, 2013
Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you’re new...
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Peter Jackson’s Beorn not yet convincing fans
Beorn. A portrait by John Howe. The reader reaction to the low-resolution image of Beorn from the SD Toys 2014 Hobbit Calendar has been swift, visceral and fascinating. Fact is that, while noting that...
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Let’s Talk Beorn *Live* on TORn TUESDAY Webcast
Time for our live webcast TORnTUESDAY! Every week we bring all the news and rumors from within (and without) Ringer fandom — this week we have dissent among the ranks. Better to say we have *many*...
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TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – August 18, 2013
Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the week ending August 18, 2013. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch up on the...
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Hall of Fire chat log: Can we bear Beorn
Last weekend, The Hall of Fire examined what’s undoubtedly the movie topic of the moment — the character and appearance of Beorn. Lots of thoughtful opinions from all sides, and some interesting...
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A new image of Beorn in bear-form!
A new image of Beorn (played by Mikael Persbrandt) in his angry bear-form, apparently from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Annual 2014 has appeared out in the wild on the internet. Looks like it...
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A description of the face of Beorn
Via The Eagles of Manwe, which see all from afar, we are able to bring you this description of the face of Beorn. Our highly reputable source accidentally caught our favourite shape-shifter on location...
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Fans sketch Beorn’s likeness from Eagles’ description
Just a couple of days ago, we exclusively revealed a description of the human face of Beorn via The Eagles of Manwe. If you missed it, go check it (warning: spoilers!) out right here! A couple of...
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Finally! See the human face of Beorn!
It’s one of the things that we’ve been waiting for and waiting for — the opportunity to see what Peter Jackson’s Beorn looks like in human form. From the front. For some this will be a huge SPOILER....
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Was the Beorn of The Hobbit a were-bear?
With the human face of Beorn finally revealed (Warning: visual spoilers on that link!), I thought readers might be interested in a little bit of book character history and background. The most common...
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Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides...
I can’t recall if this has been previously revealed, but this official synopsis — more complete than the short version currently on The Hobbit website — actually has some really interesting...
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Top 12 list of things to looking forward to in ‘The Hobbit: There and Back...
Since this is full of conjecture for the next film, consider it wall to wall spoilers!!! Here is a list of all the things we are looking forward to seeing in ‘The Hobbit: There and Back Again’ next...
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How would have Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit looked as a duology?
Originally, Peter Jackson intended his adaptation of The Hobbit to be a two-film effort — a duology. We’ll never know for certain how it would have turned out, but in this feature TORn writer Captain...
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Beorn the Shapeshifter: Sneak Peek at ‘Desolation of Smaug’ Blu-ray/DVD bonus...
In addition to the featurette posted earlier – showing Orlando Bloom practicing a Laketown fight scene – Warner Brothers UK has posted another sneak peek at the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD releases of The...
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Mikael Persbrandt talks about Beorn
We didn’t see a lot of Mikael Persbrandt’s Beorn in the end in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and arguably he remained all the more intriguing for it. Here, Persbrandt chats extensively with AB...
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