HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Smaug, the Houston Zoo's 17-year-old Komodo dragon was euthanized on Tuesday. The zoo says the decision was made after scans showed a severe lumbar spinal cord compression. The ...

Smaug the Dragon is one of the most memorable characters in the "Hobbit" trilogy -- and the actor who brings him to life is ...

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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 ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has released two new promo images. The first image - taken from a HarperCollins book jacket - shows Martin Freeman as Bilbo, reflected in a close-up of the dragon ...

Sleeping dragons, as we know from our childhood literature, eventually awaken. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be a story. So it’s hardly news that in the second installment of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit ...

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 ...

It also offers another glimpse at Benedict Cumberbatch's gigantic titular dragon. Peter Jackson's JRR Tolkien adaptation picks up from last year's An Unexpected Journey. It will see Bilbo Baggins ...

One of the most memorable characters in The Hobbit novel is Smaug, the dragon that Bilbo and company had to do battle with throughout the book. Though after it was decided that Peter Jackson would ...