3D Hobbit Puzzles to Be Released This Year
Coiledspring Games, a company who for the past twenty years has been making 3D jigsaw puzzles – including iconic puzzles based on the Taj Mahal and Big Ben – has announced that they are working […]
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New Hobbit Video Blog Takes a Studio Tour
News from Wellington is coming thick and fast just now. Yesterday we heard of the premiere date, today there’s news from the studio itself with Peter Jackson’s latest video blog from the set of The Hobbit. […]
New Middle-earth Magnets From Weta!
Middle-earth fans rejoice! There is now a new set of Lord of the Rings Merchandise available from Weta! The artists at Weta have designed eight magnets based on iconic images from the Lord of the […]
LIVE on This Week’s TFI: Magnus of Weta Workshop and Ian Brodie
‘The Founders’ Inklings’ radio show broadcasts LIVE on Middle-earth Network Radio every Tuesday at 10 PM EST. #TFI You read correctly, Middle-earthlings! This week’s ‘The Founders’ Inklings’ (TFI) boasts LIVE interviews with Magnus Hjert of the ever creative Weta […]
The Hobbit Gets Latin Translation
There’s no doubt that the growing anticipation for Peter Jackson’s upcoming Hobbit films, based on the classic by J.R.R. Tolkien, has led to further interest in the book and encouraged new translations to become available […]
Long-Expected Locations: Matamata & The Shire
Our first day on-location will take us to one of the most well-known of all peaceful lands: Sûza! …Never heard of it? Sûza is the untranslated name of the Hobbits’ domain in their own tongue: […]
‘Hobbit’ in 128 Channel Surround?
To create the sounds of Middle-earth for his Hobbit films, director Peter Jackson is considering the new Dolby Atmos audio format, which has been developed to create “lifelike” sound via speakers placed all around an […]
False Fire Alarm Offers Glimpse of Hobbit Set
While Sir Peter Jackson’s workers were enjoying a well-earned break for the Easter holiday, it seemed like the dragon Smaug may have been up to his old tricks. Firefighters responded to an alarm on Saturday, […]
Statement By The Founders
Save the Shire! “I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for […]
Hobbit Cast Meet Beautiful Burnout
Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis and Luke Evans joined other members of the cast of The Hobbit in a trip to see the play Beautiful Burnout on 3 March. Beautiful Burnout is all about […]
