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“Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be attending a number of functions during their time in New Zealand.” According to the official itinerary, Prince William and Kate Middleton have met Lord […]
Billy Connolly will be returning to Stone Street Studios to shoot some continuity footage for The Hobbit: There and Back Again once he finishes his current stand up tour of New Zealand reports Stuff.NZ. Billy, who […]
In this striking video, we get to see New Zealand through the eyes of the cast of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Stunning scenery to be sure, but I seem to have the vision of Stephen […]
Due to the success of Peter Jackson’s trilogies set in Tolkien’s world, Middle-earth, New Zealand is now a required visit for Tolkien fans all around the world. But be careful, because it seems that Australia […]
Actor Luke Evans, who plays Bard in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, was interviewed by ITV Daybreak earlier today (27 March, 2014). In the interview Luke describes how in New Zealand he lived on the […]
Today, Lawrence Makoare celebrates his birthday and Middle-earth News celebrates with him! After portraying Lurtz, the Uruk-hai killing Boromir, the Witchking, and another Orc in The Lord of the Rings, he returned to Middle-earth for […]
Last month, Middle-earth News gave tips to explore Middle-earth locations in New Zealand. These tips and were based on personal experiences. Of course, there are many other The Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit locations […]
Our Lady Star of the Sea Chapel, a former Catholic chapel built in 1924 in Seatoun, New Zealand, was closed in 2002 due to earthquake concerns and it was removed from the list of heritage buildings so […]
This video from Wired takes us through how they made the barrel scene in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with some amazing facts and figures like: 98 hours of footage was shot to make the […]
Best known among the Tolkien community for his portrayal of Barliman Butterbur in The Fellowship of the Ring, David Weatherley enjoyed a long and exciting career on screen and on stage. Today, he will celebrate […]
