Richard Taylor on Weta’s Busy Year
Richard Taylor, the co-founder and co-director of the Weta companies in New Zealand, wrote a letter to fans in the most recent Weta Newsletter. Hi all our Weta friends! Here at Weta Workshop we’re just […]
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There and Back Again: Middle-earth Network Announces New Zealand Tour
You heard it here first, folks! Middle-earth Network is working with Ian Brodie, who also works at Hobbiton Tours, to put together an all inclusive tour to New Zealand. This is a trip you won’t […]
New Zealand listed in World’s Top 10 Film Locations
In the December issue of P3 Update, New Zealand was ranked among the “Top 10 Locations Worldwide” to shoot a film. P3 Update’s Debra Kaufman explained, “Producers choose where to shoot based on a laundry […]
Peter Jackson is an “All-New Zealand Exemplar”
Peter Jackson may have strong ties to the city of Wellington (he and his partner Fran Walsh recently purchased the Bats Theatre there), but the Otago Daily Times is calling him “an all-New Zealand exemplar […]
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh Purchase Wellington’s Bats Theatre
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have purchased the Bats Theatre, a tiny, experimental theatre in Wellington. The theatre was called the Unity Theatre until 1979, and was the performance hub for the Bats Theatre Company, […]
The Filth of Saruman Found Flowing Under Hobbit Studios?
Fire-fighters were called yet again to Miramar Studios after contractors digging on site ran into fowl smelling sludge. A pollution response team was called in and now the ooze is being labeled as “toxic” and […]
BREAKING: New Photos of Rivendell Set in Route to Hobbit Studios
Thanks to our new reporter, Jack Machiela, for taking these photos! Jack is a Tour Guide in Wellington, NZ and an avid Tolkien Fan. His job gives him access to ground zero for Hobbit happenings […]
BREAKING: Small Explosion at Peter Jackson’s Hobbit Studios
Miramar Studios A small explosion is reported to have rocked Peter Jackson’s Hobbit Studios, injuring two employees. Ceris Price, the Hobbit unit publicist is calling the reports a “slight overstatement” and went on to explain the two victims where drilling a statue […]
