The Hobbit

Hollywood’s 2014 may well go down as a mere box-office blip, or it could be Act One in a drama of coming digital disruption.

Audiences skipped splashy holiday fare like “Unbroken” and “Into the Woods,” choosing instead to see “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.”

Interested to know more about Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor before taking the plunge?

Martin Freeman, star of the British version of “The Office,” will play the role of Bilbo Baggins in a J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation of “The Hobbit.”

Peter Jackson, who recently announced he would direct “The Hobbit” in two installments, will start filming the Lord of the Rings prequel in early 2011.

Hollywood’s 2014 may well go down as a mere box-office blip, or it could be Act One in a drama of coming digital disruption.

Audiences skipped splashy holiday fare like “Unbroken” and “Into the Woods,” choosing instead to see “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.”

Interested to know more about Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor before taking the plunge?

Martin Freeman, star of the British version of “The Office,” will play the role of Bilbo Baggins in a J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation of “The Hobbit.”

Peter Jackson, who recently announced he would direct “The Hobbit” in two installments, will start filming the Lord of the Rings prequel in early 2011.