Middle-earth News is fortunate to have Jack Machiela as our intrepid reporter! He and his wife visited the Hobbiton set in Matamata in January. They took plenty of photos, but were unable to share them due to the Non-Disclosure agreement they signed.
Luckily for us, The Hobbiton movie set recently posted on their Facebook page that they are now allowing visitors to show their tour photos. I suppose after the in-depth look we got in Peter Jackson’s fifth Video Production Diary, there aren’t many secrets left!
For your viewing pleasure, I present a selection of Jack’s photos that are destined to be decorating many a desktop background in the near future. Please visit his website for the full collection.
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Author: Lily Milos
Lily’s first experience with Tolkien was when the eccentric Mrs. H performed all of the characters from The Hobbit in her seventh grade class. In high school, she felt obliged to decline a second date with a boy who said he had no interest in reading The Lord of the Rings. In college, she unwisely decided to reread her beloved copy of The Hobbit during finals week, with only semi-disastrous results.
When not writing for Middle-earth News, Lily tries not to unnerve her coworkers and family with her extreme geekery, but somehow, Star Wars, Star Trek, Sherlock, Merlin, Doctor Who, The Princess Bride, Back to the Future, superheroes, Disney movies, and of course, Tolkien, seem to have relevance in EVERY conversation.
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