Post Tagged with: "Hobbit"

Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: Peter Jackson’s New ‘Hobbit’ Production Diary

Only yesterday, Peter Jackson released his newest Production Video Blog, and it has our hearts racing and yearning for New Zealand!  Though Jackson points out that he can’t reveal the Laketown set until 2013, he […]

Cumberbatch: ‘The Hobbit’ is Going to be ‘Amazing’

MTV News recently spoke with Benedict Cumberbatch, who will be playing two characters in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films. Cumberbatch spoke highly of director Jackson and friend/co-star Martin Freeman. “I was very lucky [to work] with […]

New Hobbit Production Video Expected Soon

A new video from the set of  The Hobbit will be out soon according to Peter Jackson’s facebook page.  Watch this space for more news!!  

Bret McKenzie wins an Oscar for Muppet Song

Bret McKenzie won  Best Original Song at the Academy awards yesterday.  His song ‘Man or Muppet’ from The Muppet movie won over Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett’s ‘Real in Rio’ from the animated feature Rio reports Stuff.NZ McKenzie […]

Hobbit Actors in NZ Arts Fest. video

    Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Andy Serkis and Bret McKenzie are just some of the actors from The Hobbit who have joined with others to make a crowd-created Shakespeare speech for the New Zealand International Arts […]

Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: We Talk PJ’s New Hobbit Character, Tauriel

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Peter Jackson’s decision to add a new female character into his film adaptions of ‘The Hobbit’ and tonight the ‘Warriors of the Westfold’ will be diving into detail about about […]

Riddles in the Dark Prediction Game Launches!

Official Press Release: The Mythgard Institute, in conjunction with the Middle-earth Network, is proud to announce the long-awaited launch of the Riddles in the Dark prediction game attached to the RITD podcast by Corey Olsen and Dave Kale. […]

‘A Long Expected Journey to New Zealand’ Tour- Claim Your Seat Now!

Come join Middle-earth Network as we take ‘A Long Expected Journey to New Zealand’! Arranged by author and photographer, Ian Brodie, our 14 day tour explores ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected […]

Sir Ian Helps Homelessness Charity

Crisis, the UK charity that supports single homeless people, has enlisted the help of Sir Ian McKellen for its latest fundraising idea Crisis Mission: A Journey to the Midlands (and back again).  Crisis Mission involves teams […]

Motion-capture Uncovered

Motion-capture technology plays an important part in the production of films like The Hobbit. In recent weeks Andy Serkis has talked about how developments in the technology means he plays Gollum on a live-action set […]