Long-Expected Locations: Mt. Ruapehu and Mordor
How much walking does it take to ‘simply walk into Mordor?’ Is it the action of setting your feet down there, or crossing the border on foot, or is it absolutely essential to hike from […]
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London to Hollywood to Wellywood – Bid Now!
Air New Zealand is celebrating 30 years of flights between London and Los Angeles with an auction of 30 unique prizes! All proceeds from the auction will go to Phab.org.uk, a charity that promotes and encourages […]
McKellen’s Wizard Time in NZ
The Hobbit actor, Sir Ian McKellen, is spending his weekends raising money to restore the earthquake damaged Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch, by travelling around New Zealand performing his one-man show. He is having a “lovely […]
Sir Ian McKellen Helps Forge his Own Ring
The Jens Hansen workshop, the “original designers and makers of the movie ring” for the Lord of the Rings films, has taken to Tumblr to showcase some of their amazing work. The store, located in […]
A Middle-earth Alumnus and Newbie
In the Hobbit films, Luke Evans will be playing the role of Bard the Bowman and Elijah Wood will be reprising his role as Frodo, however briefly. Wood returned to New Zealand as a full-fledged […]
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 […]
They Stole The Precious! New Zealand Ne’er-Do-Wells
Dallas Poll was a jeweler who worked as a prop maker on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia films, and Avatar. On May 4, his home in Paraparaumu was raided twice by thieves who took the […]
‘Hobbit’ Expected to Heighten New Zealand Tourism
Tourism New Zealand told reporters at the Trenz conference in Queenstown that they are very close to signing a deal with Hobbit filmmaking entities Warner Brothers and Wingnut Films. Chief executive Kevin Bowler said, “We are […]
Hobbit Filming to Wrap in June
Hobbit unit publicist Ceris Price has announced that filming for The Hobbit’s second unit should be completed “on schedule” by the end of May reports the Dominion Post. “This is approximately four weeks prior to […]
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: […]
