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 ...

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To create the dragon in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," having Benedict "in a mocap suit … seemed to help get him immersed and home in on the character." By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor “Our ...

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 ...

What will Smaug the dragon actually look like in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? We might not know until the movie arrives on December 13. But in the meantime, it might be even better to know ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic ...

It took some technical wizardry and a spell-binding physical performance to transform actor Benedict Cumberbatch into the titular dragon in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” Director Peter ...

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 ...