The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
The Costume Designers Guild announced their nominations for the 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards today, and it will come as no surprise that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug earned a nomination in the […]
Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for receiving two nominations in the EE British Academy Film Awards announced today! The nominations are for special visual effects and make up and hair. Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, […]
At last the mystery is over. Two giant eagles have joined Gollum at Wellington Airport as part of the celebrations for the world premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in Los Angeles today. The […]
Fans of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy will have a once in a lifetime chance to view a rare collection of memorabilia from the films from December 2 through December 5 at Julien’s […]
Our friend and member of Welly-moot (Wellington’s official Tolkien Society smial), Jack Machiela, had the incredible opportunity to attend Weta Cave’s 5th Anniversary Celebration. As it turns out, he and his wife, Alex, were Weta Cave’s very first […]
This amazing stained glass featuring a map of Middle-earth was created by Gerard Baines as his exam piece retraining in stain glass art. What do you think? Does he pass? (Lily Milos via Joe Gilronan) TomTom, the […]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has topped the list for the Saturn Awards with a total of 9 nominations! The nominations were revealed by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films yesterday. The Saturn Awards […]
Academy Award winner Tami Lane supervised all the prosthetic makeup for The Hobbit. She talked to LA Times Hero Complex about preparing the dwarves and the challenge Peter Jackson’s decision to film in 48 fps gave her. […]
Our lucky, lucky News Director, Arwen, and the awesome group on the Long Expected Journey made some new friends and got to see so many of the stars on the red carpet at the world […]
Prince Charles celebrated his 64th birthday with a visit to Weta Workshop in Wellington. There, reports the Dominion Post, he met Peter Jackson and Richard Taylor and Hobbit actors Peter Hambleton (Gloin) and Mark Hadlow (Dori). […]
