Updated 26 November: Watch the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey live streamed on Middle-earth Network on The Hobbit Movie Day.
The stars of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey are all heading towards Wellington for the world premiere on Wednesday.
Yesterday Martin Freeman (Bilbo), Richard Armitage (Thorin) and Elijah Wood (Frodo) were spotted at Auckland Airport. At London Heathrow Graham McTavish (Dwalin) and Aidan Turner (Kili) joined Royd Tolkien, the great grandson of JRR Tolkien, on the Air New Zealand “Hobbit” plane. The plane will fly to Auckland via Los Angeles, picking up cast and crew who are attending the premiere en route says firstpost.com
Meanwhile TVNZ has announced it’s live streaming the premiere from 3.50pm-7pm (NZ time), as a ONE News special and The Hobbit fb page are streaming it on Tuesday 27th at 6.50 pm PT, 9.50 pm ET. You can find out about other live streams here
NZ Herald gives the timetable of events as
3:50pm Show Opening/Welcome
4:00pm Neil Finn Performance
4:30pm Talent arrivals, red carpet interviews & crowd interaction
6:30pm Official Speeches
7:00pm End of Show
Picture by firstpost.com More pictures can be seen on Air New Zealand’s fb page
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