Rankin/Bass’ holiday-special style makes 1977’s The Hobbit a great Christmas watch. Let’s see Rudolph cross the Misty Mountains ...

Over 30 years earlier, Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment created a cartoon version of The Hobbit. In some ways, it was more accurate to J. R. R. Tolkien's novel than Jackson's trilogy, but it ...

In particular, Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass’ 1977 TV movie of The Hobbit, with a screenplay by Romeo Miller, gets a lot of things right that Peter Jackson’s three-part live-action film ...

The Hobbit This 1978 animated Rankin & Bass production of Tolkien's The Hobbit works successfully on both a children's and a universal level. Reviewed by Michael Chamy, Fri., Dec. 28, 2001 ...

Before that, however, Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment had made The Hobbit in 1977 and The Return of the King in 1980, both ...

Rankin/Bass’s hand-drawn projects include the 1969 holiday special “Frosty the Snowman,” the Peabody-winning TV movie “The Hobbit” (1977), and its sequel, “The Return of the King ...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey While Peter Jackson's prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" delivers more of what made his earlier trilogy so compelling -- it doesn't offer nearly enough novelty to ...

The big-screen adaptation of The Hobbit is reportedly close to solving its directing dilemma, with Peter Jackson himself, according to The Hollywood Reporter, in talks to direct the Lord of the ...

Even though it was a school night, I got to stay up late on November 27, 1977, so I could watch The Hobbit. I had just turned seven, and my uncle had already gotten me a boxed set of J.R.R ...

In 1977, Bass and Rankin produced and co-directed the animated musical TV-movie The Hobbit for NBC, an early entry in the roster of Tolkien screen adaptations.. Bass largely retired from directing ...