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EXCLUSIVE: Ian Brodie Announces Hobbit Films Location Guide Book in the Works

You heard it here first, folks! Ian Brodie just broke the news during a LIVE interview on Middle-earth Network Radio that a green light has been given for a Hobbit Films Location Guidebook. It will […]

Ian McKellen on Location

Ian McKellen has posted a new blog that highlights various locations he has visited as he travels around New Zealand with the cast and crew of The Hobbit. As he explains, “Five hundred of us […]

No ‘Hobbit’ for Viggo Mortensen

Actor Viggo Mortensen recently told Movies.com that he would not be reprising the role of Aragorn in the upcoming Hobbit films. “At one point, the producers asked if I would do it and I said […]

New Arjan Kiel Hit Single: “White Hand Christmas”

I can think of nothing better than combining my favorite holiday with my favorite fantasy world, Middle-earth. Should that ever happen it would be like….well, like a kid waking up Christmas morning and seeing all […]

New Photos from the ‘Hobbit’ Set

Quint from Ain’t It Cool News has just posted his fourth update from the set of The Hobbit, titled: A “Palaver of Istari.” Having left Hobbiton (located in Matamata), this report comes from the small […]

‘Hobbit’ Trailer to Be Attached to ‘Tintin’

Elijah Wood recently confirmed that the first US trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit will debut before The Adventures of Tintin (which is being produced by Peter Jackson), opening in cinemas on December 21st of […]

The Hobbit: The Musical Already In The Works?

This weekend, I decided to avoid the shopping madness, so I mostly stayed home and enjoyed time with the family. I did happen to catch a movie in the cinema, however, and as the credits rolled, I […]

Radagast Returns to Middle Earth Next Year

Sylvester McCoy will play Radagast the Brown in the Hobbit films, and though he has already visited New Zealand twice for both studio work and shots on location, he will be back for more in […]

This Week’s TFI: LOTR Photographer Ian Brodie!

His photographs have been printed on commemorative NZ stamps, his LOTR Guide books have won international awards and are NZ’s top selling non-fiction. Peter Jackson, himself, allowed him to photograph LOTR in the making! He […]

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 […]