The biggest, baddest orc of all is coming to Te Papa! Azog™ the Defiler will be on display at the national museum from tomorrow and visitors are invited to come snap a selfie with the huge and pale ...

Poor Thorin Oakenshield — the would-be King under the mountain just can’t get a break. In The Hobbit, Azog the Defiler kills his Granddad, then he steals the dwarf’s favorite shield… and he’s not done ...

Fans know Manu Bennett on TV as Crixus in “Spartacus” and Deathstroke from “Arrow”, as well as Azog the Defiler in “The Hobbit” films. However, the star known for his combative roles also has the ...

Manu Bennett, the actor behind Azog the Defiler from Peter Jackson’s "The Hobbit" trilogy, will be among the special guests at Aniventure Comic Con 2025 in Bulgaria. The event, set to take place on ...

In The Hobbit trilogy, Orc war-chief Azog the Defiler's (Manu Bennett) plan was to wipe out the male bloodline of Durin by killing Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and his nephews Fili (Dean ...

“At the end of the day stories spin off about how dedicated I am to my roles and some people might go: ‘Gee we got scared by him when we were acting next to him’,” the New Zealand born Maori actor ...

The first film in The Hobbit trilogy, Jackson's attempt to replicate the success of Lord of the Rings, left us with fantastic moments embedded deep inside a bloated film. The existing storylines ...

Update #5 In a did-you-see-what-we-did-there? move for the ages, there are *five *covers for our new Peter Jackson-edited The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies issue - on sale Thursday, November ...

Whenever the words ‘Middle Earth’ are spoken, fans always know what’s being discussed. The Lord of the Rings series first arrived on the silver screen 20 years ago and shook up the culture forever.

Fans know Manu Bennett on TV as Crixus in “Spartacus” and Deathstroke from “Arrow”, as well as Azog the Defiler in “The Hobbit” films. However, the star known for his combative roles also has the ...