NZ’s Soaring Screen Industry
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 […]
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Nelson: There and Back Again
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 […]
Happy Birthday, Hugo Weaving!
Hugo Weaving is 52 today! Weaving, who is reprising his role as Elrond Lord of Rivendell for The Hobbit, has many film and stage roles to his credit. He is the first actor to play […]
‘Hobbit’ Holiday in Nelson
As we saw in Peter Jackson’s 6th Production Video, New Zealand doesn’t do things by halves. When The Hobbit cast and crew got rained out of their location filming at the Pelorus Bridge in Nelson, […]
Connolly Plays Dain in a Fat Suit
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 […]
Smokin’ Smaug
Could this be Smaug in action? angeluriel has posted this pic describing it as ” Smoke rising over the green screen in Wellington. My guess is that Laketown is currently being attacked by a Benedict Cumberbatch voiced dragon.” […]
Dale Set Revealed
The German website HDRF believes it has the first sighting of the set of Dale and has posted the pictures on it’s website. It has been known for some time that Peter Jackson had permission […]
Fry Supports “Bloody Cuts”
Stephen Fry recently gave his support to the short film industry by making a donation to the horror film makers of Bloody Cuts. Bloody Cuts is a series of 13 short films to be released online over the […]
Crafting The Hobbit: Crocheted Smaug
If you are, like myself, a bit of a crafty crafter (and I know many Tolkienites are) then have a gander at this recent addition to Instructables. User ChrysN has put together what at first […]
A Tolkien Reading Day Celebration
Since I don’t live in New Zealand, England, or even on either coast of the US, there haven’t been a large number of Tolkien-related events for me to attend. Therefore, it was my great pleasure […]
