The Hobbit

With Skyfall bringing Bond back this October, and Daniel Craig signed up for at least two more movies, it's time to spin the rumor mill for 007's next Big Bad.

The big news from an insider source claims that Sherlock star Bandersnatch Cummerbund Benedict Cumberbatch is "considered perfect Bond villain material," and "the plan is for Benedict to be on board."

If this is true, Cumberbatch will already be established as a baddie -- he's Kirk's enemy for the next Star Trek and terrorizing The Hobbit as Smaug.

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Grab a buddy and prepare to trek across Middle-earth this Spring as LEGO The Hobbit comes to the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®3, PlayStation®Vita, the Wii U™, Nintendo 3DS™ and Windows PC. As seen in this humorous trailer, LEGO The Hobbit takes teamwork to a whole new level, allowing players to "buddy-up" as Thorin Oakenshield and Company of Dwarves perform new abilities and special attack moves.

Apparently this is a true story. Sigh.

One does not simply assume

Monolith Productions is bringing us a prequel of sorts to the events of The Lord of the Rings. Taking place between the events of LOTR and The Hobbit, you play as a ranger named Talion journeying through Mordor (before it's the wasteland we see in LOTR. The game will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Or so we thought.