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Can it be? A Hobbit update post?!
Oct. 24th, 2011 12:07 amIt's been ages since I posted any Hobbit news! Not that much has been going on while Martin Freeman was back in the UK shooting series 2 of Sherock, but I did have a few links open in my tabs a few weeks ago - and then Firefox decided to irretrievably lose all my tabs, grrr! Anyway, here are some recent signs that things are ramping up in NZ for the next leg of filming:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/12/48955-psst-hobbits-coming-to-te-kuiti-in-waikato/
Psst … hobbits coming to Te Kuiti in Waikato
October 12th, 2011 by linuxelf | Source: Waikato Times 0 Comments and 1 Reaction
the Waikato Times is reporting:
Word on the Te Kuiti street is the hobbits are coming to town.
Crew members from the big-budget Warner Bros project have signed-in to King Country lodgings and at least one establishment is booked out with creative types from October 30 to November 6. [...]
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/16/49113-glenorchy-going-green/
Glenorchy going green
October 16th, 2011 by xoanon 0 Comments and 1 Reaction
The green world of a hobbit means a 10,000 litre water tank will have to be placed near Glenorchy for the irrigation of the temporary grasses and plants on the set of the Peter Jackson-directed film The Hobbit. [...]
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/entertainment/5821804/Hobbit-moves-to-Marlborough
Hobbit moves to Marlborough
Middle Earth is heading to Marlborough.
A scene from the first of two Hobbit movies from Sir Peter Jackson is to be shot near Pelorus Bridge, 60 kilometres west of Blenheim, over 10 days in December. [...] (Full article contains mild spoilers for said scene, for those who don't know the story at all.)
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Icelandic_Horses_to_Play_in_The_Hobbit_0_383404.news.aspx
Icelandic Horses to Play in The Hobbit
Icelandic horses will play a big part in The Hobbit, the upcoming film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the eponymous story by J.R.R. Tolkien. Shooting is currently taking place in New Zealand. [...]
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/22/49263-hobbit-crews-to-hit-the-road-in-convoys/
Hobbit crews to hit the road in convoys
October 22nd, 2011 by xoanon 0 Comments and 3 Reactions
Hobbit fans, it looks like we’ve got us a convoy – a couple of them, in fact. Two convoys, each of about 200 vehicles, will leave today from Sir Peter Jackson’s Stone Street Studios in Miramar to transport vital gear for location filming. [...]
Last but not least, according to several Twitter posts, Elijah Wood is in NZ. :) And I do believe Benedict Cumberbatch mentioned going down in a recent Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</I. related interview... possibly in January? My brain, it is fried.
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/12/48955-psst-hobbits-coming-to-te-kuiti-in-waikato/
Psst … hobbits coming to Te Kuiti in Waikato
October 12th, 2011 by linuxelf | Source: Waikato Times 0 Comments and 1 Reaction
the Waikato Times is reporting:
Word on the Te Kuiti street is the hobbits are coming to town.
Crew members from the big-budget Warner Bros project have signed-in to King Country lodgings and at least one establishment is booked out with creative types from October 30 to November 6. [...]
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/16/49113-glenorchy-going-green/
Glenorchy going green
October 16th, 2011 by xoanon 0 Comments and 1 Reaction
The green world of a hobbit means a 10,000 litre water tank will have to be placed near Glenorchy for the irrigation of the temporary grasses and plants on the set of the Peter Jackson-directed film The Hobbit. [...]
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/entertainment/5821804/Hobbit-moves-to-Marlborough
Hobbit moves to Marlborough
Middle Earth is heading to Marlborough.
A scene from the first of two Hobbit movies from Sir Peter Jackson is to be shot near Pelorus Bridge, 60 kilometres west of Blenheim, over 10 days in December. [...] (Full article contains mild spoilers for said scene, for those who don't know the story at all.)
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Icelandic_Horses_to_Play_in_The_Hobbit_0_383404.news.aspx
Icelandic Horses to Play in The Hobbit
Icelandic horses will play a big part in The Hobbit, the upcoming film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the eponymous story by J.R.R. Tolkien. Shooting is currently taking place in New Zealand. [...]
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/22/49263-hobbit-crews-to-hit-the-road-in-convoys/
Hobbit crews to hit the road in convoys
October 22nd, 2011 by xoanon 0 Comments and 3 Reactions
Hobbit fans, it looks like we’ve got us a convoy – a couple of them, in fact. Two convoys, each of about 200 vehicles, will leave today from Sir Peter Jackson’s Stone Street Studios in Miramar to transport vital gear for location filming. [...]
Last but not least, according to several Twitter posts, Elijah Wood is in NZ. :) And I do believe Benedict Cumberbatch mentioned going down in a recent Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</I. related interview... possibly in January? My brain, it is fried.
