The Hobbit Film Trilogy Explores Bard More Thoroughly The book does not introduce Bard until Smaug is flying over his home, Lake-town, but the films set up his character earlier.

Readers of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” surely remember Bard the Bowman.Or maybe not. Though he performs a key task in the classic fantasy novel, the archer is not one of the … ...

In the book by J.R.R. Tolkien and in the third Hobbit film, Bard kills Smaug by firing his final black arrow into the one spot on Smaug not covered in protective scales. The novel and the movie ...

EXCLUSIVE: Luke Evans has bagged the role of Bard in The Hobbit, a last major part that Peter Jackson hadn't cast in a production that's underway in New Zealand. Bard the Grim is a skilled archer ...

Evans as Bard (left) with Orlando Bloom as Legolas (right). Keep your eye on IGN for the latest coverage of the third Hobbit flick from Comic-Con! The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits ...

In Tolkien's text, Bard is more of a cold, hardened character, but Evans gives him an important sense of warmth as he deals with his ancestors' own history with the evil Smaug, according to Hobbit ...

Despite its title, The Hobbit is not about an unassuming burglar from Bag End. Indeed, it’s hard to know what it’s about at all. The Battle of the Five Armie s is two hours and thirty minutes ...