The 12 Days of Ori – Day 7
Today is Day 7 of The 12 Days of Ori, and Hobbit actor Adam Brown is filling us in on his favorite places in New Zealand. In case you missed it, yesterday we learned about […]
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William Kircher and Jed Brophy to Guest at Special ‘Hobbit’ Screening
William Kircher and Jed Brophy, will be special guests for an exclusive, youth-only screening of The Hobbit in Queenstown, New Zealand on December 21st . While William Kircher and Jed Brophy will be available for […]
Win a Trip to The Hobbit Premiere!
Going to San Diego Comic Con? Then you may end up going to The Hobbit premiere too! Tourism New Zealand are giving away a six day trip to New Zealand including tickets to The Hobbit: An Unexpected […]
Hobbit Helps Local Economy
The Nelson region of New Zealand was hit by terrible flooding last December, cutting short the filming of The Hobbit. The floods, the worst for 50 years, affected trading in what would usually be […]
Movies have made New Zealand Synonymous With Middle-earth
Today is the tenth anniversary of the premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” It was the day Peter Jackson and his team of filmmakers first introduced audiences to New […]
Orlando Bloom Spotted Again in Queenstown
We’ve been reporting on a lot of celebrity sightings in New Zealand while the Hobbit film crew shoots on location. Many of these have come from the area of Queenstown, where Orlando Bloom was spotted […]
Peter Jackson is an “All-New Zealand Exemplar”
Peter Jackson may have strong ties to the city of Wellington (he and his partner Fran Walsh recently purchased the Bats Theatre there), but the Otago Daily Times is calling him “an all-New Zealand exemplar […]
Queenstown Hosts a Luging Director and an “Iconic Character”
There have been many reports of Hobbit cast sightings in Queenstown, but none so entertaining as the picture of Peter Jackson joining locals on the Skyline luge. Jackson and his immense entourage were in Queenstown […]
Orlando Bloom in Queenstown
With our growing dependence on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, news travels fast – especially when it comes to celebrity sightings. And especially when the celebrity is involved in what is likely […]
Peter Jackson Searches for New ‘Hobbit’ Locations
Sir Peter Jackson’s Gulfstream jet in a Queenstown airport ‘Hobbit’ director Sir Peter Jackson and his production crew have recently been touring New Zealand’s South Island, seeking out new locations to be transformed into Middle-earth.’The […]
