When moviegoers slip on their 3-D glasses this weekend to watch The Hobbit, they’ll see some familiar faces: Gandalf the Grey, Elrond the Elf and, of course, Gollum. The man behind those creepy ...
The Lord of the Rings changed Hollywood’s landscape in many ways, including its use of motion capture for Gollum/Smeagol. While the film technique is far more common than we realize now (for example, ...
Despite his importance to the plot of The Lord of the Rings, Gollum’s involvement in The Hobbit was minimal. He was only present for one chapter in J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel and a few connected scenes ...