In that same interview, Cumberbatch mentioned how crucial movement was to hitting upon the right voice for Smaug. And the behind-the-scenes clip illustrates the way his physical and vocal performance ...

Fans of The Hobbit are brimming with excitement with the release of a new trailer for the second film in the trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug. The trailer went online on Wednesday morning and it was ...

EXCLUSIVE: After reporting today that Luke Evans will play Bard in the Peter Jackson-directed The Hobbit and wondering who’ll voice the dragon Smaug, Deadline can now tell you that it will be Benedict ...

Benedict Cumberbatch did motion-capture and voiceover work for Smaug The dragon%27s mouth proved a challenge Design showed both European and Asian influences He's the biggest star of the movie so ...

Benedict Cumberbatch has never done an animated family film before like “The Grinch,” but he knows a thing or two about lending his voice to angry old monsters living secluded in a mountain. In a new ...

Furry-footed hero Bilbo Baggins is back for another adventure in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's acclaimed 1937 novel, the second installment in Peter Jackson's ...

Hurrah for Smaug. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, second part of Peter Jackson's epic-length adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, mercifully turns its back on the recent tendency to depict ...

Five films are nominated for an Academy Award in the “Visual Effects” category this year, and they each offer a nice look at the amazing tricks filmmakers and their effects teams can pull off on the ...

Clash Of The Titans and Tamara Drewe star Luke Evans has joined Peter Jackson’s currently shooting adaptation of The Hobbit . Evans will play Bard the Grim (otherwise known as Bard the Bowman), a ...

He's the biggest star of the movie so there was a lot that went into creating Smaug, the dragon the size of a 747 that rules over Erebor with greedy malevolence in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

EXCLUSIVE: After reporting today that Luke Evans will play Bard in the Peter Jackson-directed The Hobbit and wondering who’ll voice the dragon Smaug, Deadline can now tell you that it will be Benedict ...

Benedict Cumberbatch will voice dragon Smaug in Lord of the Rings prequels The Hobbit, it has been confirmed. Martin Freeman, who is Cumberbatch's Sherlock co-star and will play Bilbo Baggins in The ...