The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released in New Zealand a whole day earlier than planned, on 12th December. The film will be shown at selected cinemas across New Zealand from midnight on 12th December, […]
Middle-earth tour guide and New Zealand dweller Jack Machiela of The Noldor Blog alerted us to this contest! A local fabric softener company managed to snag seats for an advance screening of The Hobbit: An […]
The Embassy Theatre in Wellington is installing Dolby Atmos sound for the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Atmos is a new sound system that features two extra arrays of overhead speakers and the ability to […]
The Embassy Theatre has said on Twitter that the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be shown in 48 fps. The Embassy tweeted, “Yes we will be screening in 48fps 😀 #TheHobbit #Hobbit“ Of […]
Prince Charles will spend time of his 64th birthday meeting Peter Jackson. One of the highlights of the upcoming royal tour of Australasia will be a visit to the film studios in Wellington, where The […]
Wellington, NZ – which has been renamed “The Middle of Middle-earth” in honour of the upcoming world premiere of The Hobbit – is busy making preparations for the big event. From the 27th to the […]
The Noble Collection has turned the beautiful buttons from the Bilbo costume in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey into a pin and cufflinks. They are available for pre-order from Forbidden Planet. (Lily Milos via Hobbit […]
The countdown to world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington on November 28 is closing in, and it seems all of New Zealand is preparing for the event. The residents of Matamata, home of the […]
It may be all excitement over The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey premiere in Wellington next month, but according to newstalkzb, Matt Dravitzki of Wingnut films says the film isn’t finished yet. Dravitzki said, “I think that we will […]
Things are gearing up in Wellington for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey world premiere, with crowds greater than the 120,000 who turned out for The Return of the King hoped for. Details of a week […]
