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In an exclusive interview with Middle-earth News, Kiwi director Sir Peter Jackson revealed that he will be returning to Middle-earth as early as 2016 as production begins on Tolkien’s timeless epic, The Silmarillion. HBO has […]
Middle-earth News reporters Amanda Capley and Valdis Longbeard had the opportunity to sit down with Jed Brophy during Dragon Con 2014. We’ve been saving the interview for a rainy day, so to speak. To tide […]
Congratulations to the The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies for gaining seven nominations for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films 41st Annual Saturn Awards. The Hobbit: BOTFA was nominated in the following categories: […]
Kiwi filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson received his own star on the Walk of Fame yesterday in Hollywood Boulevard. The star has been placed just outside the Dolby Theatre, where the Academy Awards ceremony takes place […]
Updated 20:15 p.m. GMT 14 November : Billboard released the exclusive audio (see below). Updated 20.30 p.m. GMT 12 November : Sorry if you missed it, but the original video has been removed by the […]
Happy birthday to Sir Peter Jackson, who celebrates his 53rd birthday today! He was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on October 31, 1961. He grew up in Pukerua Bay, a small town near Wellington. Peter […]
It’s been about a week since we reported that Billy Boyd would co-write and perform the end-credits song, “The Last Goodbye”, for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and it still seems too good to […]
Information emerged today that Billy Boyd (Peregrin Took inThe Lord of the Rings films) will write and perform the original song for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Warner Bros Awards 2014 website […]
Award-winning composer Howard Shore is celebrating a birthday! He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on October 18, 1946, making him 68 years old today. Although Howard is known primarily for his film score work, […]
Our Lady Star of the Sea Chapel, a former Catholic chapel built in 1924 in Seatoun, New Zealand, was closed in 2002 due to earthquake concerns and it was removed from the list of heritage buildings so […]
