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 ...

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 ...

A year after his return to Middle-earth, director Peter Jackson unleashes the second feature in the Hobbit trilogy, “The Desolation of Smaug.” It also takes what feels like a year to get to the action ...

We’ve seen Smaug’s scaly grin, now hear the voice Benedict Cumberbatch crafted for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in this brand new trailer, plus a whole lot of new footage. The ...

In Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings prequel trilogy, The Hobbit, there was a dragon under the mountain. That dragon was named Smaug and Smaug’s voice belonged to Benedict Cumberbatch. While watching ...

Uncut footage has been released of Benedict Cumberbatch's motion-capture performance as Smaug the dragon in The Hobbit movies. And man, does he go for it. For the actor's first foray into ...

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.

The British actor %22relishes%22 playing two villains in %27The Hobbit%27 sequel%2C out Dec. 13 He plays both Smaug and the Necromancer in the Peter Jackson-directed ...

Nearly everything about "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" represents an improvement over the first installment of Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved creation. By ...