‘The Hobbit’ Treasure Hunt
Warner Brothers invite you to join The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Treasure Hunt. Follow Bilbo and the dwarves journey to the Lonely Mountain and you might be lucky enough to pick up some great […]
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HitFix Interview Roundup: Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, and Sir Ian McKellen
Hitfix.com was able to conjurer up three delightful interviews with two brilliant cast-mates and the genius master who made The Hobbit films possible, Peter Jackson. These interviews reveal some classified secrets about life on set and off; Gandalf and […]
‘Book of New Zealand’ Hobbit Installation in L.A.
Gosh! This sounds quite magical. The Book of New Zealand is a pop-up book type of installation based on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and brought to Los Angeles by Tourism New Zealand. It […]
Balin’s Stunt Double, Peter Dillon, Talks to Middle-earth News
“I’m going on an adventure,” are words synonymous with Bilbo Baggins but they could so easily have been Peter Dillon’s as he took a year’s sabbatical from his job as a teacher in Dublin to […]
Peter Jackson Hopes to Return to Low-Budget Roots Following ‘Hobbit’ Trilogy
After their three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” wraps in 2014, director Peter Jackson and partner Fran Walsh hope to return to their low-budget roots and make more films in the manner of “Heavenly […]
The Hobbit: D of S Hospice Fundraiser
The Mary Potter Hospice in New Zealand is holding a film fundraiser featuring The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. This family event is on Wednesday 18 December 2013, from 5:30pm to 9:30pm, at the Embassy Theatre […]
Happy Birthday to Manu Bennett!
Happy Birthday to Kiwi actor Manu Bennett, who is 44 today! Manu plays the pale orc Azog the Defiler in The Hobbit movies. “I was really scared, being used to walking on set and having […]
The Hobbit Costs Double the Amount of LOTR
The current cost of making The Hobbit trilogy is more than double that spent on the three The Lord of the Rings films and rising! APNewsBreak reports that, according to financial documents filed in New […]
Peter Jackson Received the Highest Honour of New Zealand
Sir Peter Jackson received the New Zealand highest honour today. Jackson received the insignia today from Governor-General Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae, becoming an Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to […]
Score For ‘The Desolation Of Smaug’ To Be Recorded In NZ
Howard Shore’s score for The Lord of The Rings movies have won three Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards upon their original release. And now, when the maestro is working on the score for The […]
