The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming Tourism New Zealand and Warner Brothers are in talks over how tour operators can use the film The Hobbit in their marketing campaigns, following the recent kerfuffle between Warner Brothers and the Southampton pub called […]
Firefighters were called to Sir Peter Jackson’s three-storey Wairarapa mansion after a fire alarm went off around 6 P.M. yesterday. According to Masterton fire station officer Garry Nielsen, responders found no sign of smoke or […]
Members of the cast of The Hobbit were at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington last night for the New Zealand premiere of the film Good for Nothing. Good for Nothing is a cowboy film and is […]
Ian McKellen and other members of The Hobbit cast were in Wellington today to celebrate 100 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games. McKellen was joined by actors Graham McTavish, Adam Brown and […]
George Hickton, the man behind the 100 per cent Pure campaign for tourism in New Zealand, has urged businesses to get behind The Hobbit and do everything they can to attract tourists, even if it means wearing “hairy […]
According to a Statistics New Zealand survey, which covered a span of twelve months, thirty-five feature films were made in the country in 2011. Regional data in the survey defined Wellington as the country’s main […]
Remember last December when the wet weather in Nelson brought the location filming of The Hobbit to an abrupt end ? The effect of the threat of a deluge was all nicely captured on Peter […]
Billy Connolly is to wear a fat suit to make him look shorter for his role in The Hobbit reports The New Zealand Herald. Connolly, who plays the warrior dwarf Dain Ironfoot, also has a suit of armour for the […]
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 […]
On his Flickr account, Gareth Eves recently posted some amazing photos of the Hobbiton set from a recent trip to New Zealand. When I sought permission to post them on the Middle-earth News site, he […]
