The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films are renowned for their rich characters and epic storytelling. Among the many heroes, the female characters stand out for their strength, wisdom, and courage ...

I t has, at this point, become a bit obvious to point out the lack of female characters in children’s entertainment: the Pixar movies, the morning cartoon shows, even the Legos that they play ...

10 Gender Bent ‘Hobbit’ Characters That Are Utter Perfection. Donna Dickens Facebook Twitter. January 28, 2014. ... We’re talking what – twenty males to every one female?

Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly says she understands why some fans of "The Hobbit" initially balked upon learning she was to play a female elf heroine created specifically for the film ...

11 Characters The Hobbit Trilogy Nailed. ... introducing the female elf Tauriel and going to great depths to tie the story of the Hobbit more closely with the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.

Richard Armitage has spoken out about female representation and praised The Hobbit's Peter Jackson for creating Evangeline Lilly’s “battle-hardened” elf, Tauriel.

If fans thought the Lord of the Rings was a bit short on women characters, the The Hobbit only amps up the dude fest: Tolkien did not feature a single female character in the book.

The pages of the Hobbit are a bit of a sausage fest, with only one female character actually getting a name: Bilbo’s mum Belladonna Took, since you asked.

%photo13% "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson's long-awaited film(s) of "The Hobbit" -- it'll be broken up into two movies -- will finally start shooting in February, which means he needs ...