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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2012 10:45:16 GMT 10
Fifty days to go to the world premiere of the first movie in the Hobbit trilogy in Wellington.
“Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” premieres at the Embassy theatre at the bottom of Courtenay Place in Wellington on 28th November. The red carpet will be extending all the way from Taranaki Street down to Kent Terrace and the theatre.• Capital's Hobbit party to be unveiled today (The Dominion Post - Monday, 08 October 2012)
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Post by jody on Oct 8, 2012 10:51:26 GMT 10
I can't wait to see it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2012 10:54:31 GMT 10
It was originally meant to be two movies, but then Peter Jackson managed to persuade the movie company to allow him to expand it to a trilogy so he could put more in it, with the result that he shot a whole lot more footage.
I'm presuming that, like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, they will release the movies a year apart.
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Post by jody on Oct 8, 2012 11:28:15 GMT 10
Yep, I read on fb that they will be released around the same each year. Just wishing I had have visited Hobbiton while I was in Rotorua this year.
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Post by pim on Oct 8, 2012 13:04:11 GMT 10
They made The Hobbit into three movies?? Not that I have a problem with it, it's just that the three movies of the Lord of the Rings trilogy mirror the three books, and each of those books is double the size of The Hobbit which can either be read as a complete story within itself or as an introduction to The Lord of the Rings.
So basically The Hobbit is the entree with The Lord of the Rings trilogy as the main course.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2012 13:25:13 GMT 10
I think part of it was that they shot so much material that the two movies were going to be extremely long.
As most people today have a short attention-span (except for superior intellectual folks such as you and I), Peter Jackson decided he would prefer it if the movies were no more than 100 minutes in length. So he decided to try and persuade the film company into allowing him to turn the story into a trilogy, which also allowed him to add some more material into the story while still keeping the length of each individual movie down to the right level. And the film company agreed, so as of about four months ago, The Hobbit is now a triology.
BTW....Peter Jackson lives only a five-minute drive from my place. The entrance to his place is like the entrance into those grand haunted mansions you sometimes see in horror movies....the large wrought-iron gates at the beginning of a long driveway which disappears around a sweeping curve within an avenue of trees. And heaps of replicated gas lamps on stands, which are actually lit by electricity. His entrenceway could virtually be used as a movie set in a horror movie. I must get around to taking a photograph of it sometime, without attracting the attention of the gateman (whose house is next to the tradesmans' entrance gate 150 metres further along the road).
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Post by jody on Oct 8, 2012 13:31:04 GMT 10
I'm glad he has made it a trilogy. The more movies the better.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 15:41:48 GMT 10
Towering policeman back on patrol after film stintBy ANDREA O'NEIL - The Dominion Post | 5:30AM - Wednesday, 17 October 2012TALL TIMBER: Constable Paul Randall, right, with Sergeant Steve McCormick. Doing the Hobbit work “was a massive step out of my comfort zone”, Mr Randall says. — MAARTEN HOLL/Fairfax NZ.IF YOU get a hug from a seven-foot-tall policeman, don't be alarmed. It will just be Porirua constable Paul Randall, at 2.16 metres New Zealand's tallest cop, who is back on the beat after 18 months among theatrical types on the set of The Hobbit.
Mr Randall, 42, who lives in Tawa, stands 7ft 1in, and his police-issue boots give him another inch.
His boots are US size 18 (about a 17 in New Zealand) and were specially commissioned for him by the force this year, something Mr Randall was chuffed about — it usually costs him about $600 to order a pair large enough.
At police college in 2005 he had a bed specially made for him, and he froze on parades before he was knitted a huge jersey. He's not New Zealand's tallest man, but he's not far off, and has only once met someone taller than himself.
Mr Randall had 18 months off police duties to work on The Hobbit as an actor and a scale double for tall Middle-earth characters, to make the hobbits look tiny in comparison. "It's bloody great," he said of film work. "It's good for me, I just chill out, do my work."
He has taken acting lessons with Miranda Harcourt and is keen to get on to a New Zealand television series. His height is a unique selling point. "I get so much attention, you may as well make the most of it."
Switching between the film world and the police can take some adjustment, from a culture where hugs are given freely to something more buttoned up.
"It's a real left and right brain kind of thing."
"It was a massive step out of my comfort zone, especially [coming] from the police, where it's quite closed and defensive."www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7824680/Towering-policeman-back-on-patrol-after-film-stint
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Post by garfield on Oct 17, 2012 16:32:51 GMT 10
When are you white land stealing arseholes going to give NZ back to the maoris?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 16:39:32 GMT 10
When are you white land stealing arseholes going to give NZ back to the maoris? When are you black hating racists going to comprehend there is no “ s” on the plural of maori?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2012 10:54:43 GMT 10
Wellington Airport now has a gigantic sculpture of Gollum in the main domestic terminal area, diving in through the windows facing airside and reaching out for one of three huge trout that are also part of the sculpture. Gollum's head would be about 3-4 metres wide. As soon as you walk into the terminal building, it is absolutely "in your face" even though it is hanging from the ceiling.The new sculpture has even featured in the New York Times.
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Post by jody on Oct 30, 2012 11:07:41 GMT 10
very cool
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2012 8:27:50 GMT 10
Click on each photograph to read the news stories....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2012 8:34:28 GMT 10
The latest Safety Briefing shown on Air NZ's long-haul Boeing 777 airliners....Or CLICK HERE to view in a larger-sized format.Air New Zealand partnered with WETA Workshop on a brand new Hobbit inspired Safety Video. It features cameo appearances including Sir Peter Jackson. CLICK HERE to Find and Unlock the Elvish Code for your chance to win one of six double passes to the World Premiere Screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in New Zealand on the 28th of November 2012
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2012 18:48:55 GMT 10
They've gone bloody nuts about the movie in Wellington.
There are signs & banners up everywhere proclaiming “the middle of middle earth”.
And Wellington Airport has been renamed “The Middle of Middle Earth Airport” including all signage around the airport itself and on roads leading to the airport. On flights into Wellington with Air NZ, the cabin crew announce “Welcome to the middle of middle earth” as the aeroplane turns off the runway.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2012 14:07:07 GMT 10
Bag End fronts a blockbusterThe Dominion Post | 5:00AM - Monday, 19 November 2012SHOWPIECE: The Hobbit's production designer Dan Hennah in front of the sculpture unveiled at the Embassy Theatre. — CRAIG SIMCOX/Fairfax NZ.A HUGE hobbit-themed sculpture took almost 12 hours to be hoisted on top of the Embassy Theatre yesterday.
Massive pieces — including an enormous sculpture of Gandalf the Grey — had to be craned on to the cinema at the end of Courtenay Place, forcing the closure of Majoribanks Street from 6am to 9pm.
Production designer Dan Hennah said Gandalf standing at the door of Bag End with the runes that led the dwarves to Bilbo was quite an iconic image. "That was what started the whole journey. There were the trolls — but I mean, a troll's a troll."
Making the model out of plywood and polystyrene over an aluminium truss secured to the wall of the cinema was a monumental task, Hennah said.GOING UP: A huge sculpture for The Hobbit move premiere is being installed on top of the Embassy Theatre. — Photo: JANE KEIG.The garden around Bag End was made from 600 hula skirts, shipped in from the Philippines and painted green, and "the biggest plastic flowers we could find".
Now that the model was in place, Hennah said it was a matter of counting down to the November 28 premiere.
He said "another visual element" to the existing model would be added on the day of the premiere. Embassy duty manager Charlotte Weston said crowds gathered during the day to watch the action, but apart from that it was business as usual for the cinema.
"Gandalf was taking a while to get hoisted up."GOING UP: A huge sculpture for The Hobbit move premiere is being installed on top of the Embassy Theatre. — CRAIG SIMCOX/Fairfax NZ.Wellington City Council has put $1.1 million towards activities in the week leading up to the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, including outdoor screenings of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and a Hobbit-inspired "artisan festival".
The festival will showcase the talents of 30 artists who contributed to the films, and will run for five days from Saturday in Waitangi Park.
Sir Peter's personal assistant, Matt Dravitzki, said preparations for the premiere were "progressing really well".GOING UP: A huge sculpture for The Hobbit move premiere is being installed on top of the Embassy Theatre. — CRAIG SIMCOX/Fairfax NZ.Wellington Airport spokesman Greg Thomas said he wouldn't be surprised to see several private jets landing before the premiere.
The airport added another Middle-earth-inspired installation during the weekend by transforming a baggage carousel at the domestic terminal into Bag End.
This follows the installation of a 12-metre sculpture of Gollum, ducking his head beneath the water to catch a fish, in the main terminal building last month.
Weta Workshop staff spent four months on the installation, which is made mostly of polystyrene.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7966877/Bag-End-fronts-a-blockbuster
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2012 16:38:00 GMT 10
How to get there and back againAPNZ | 12:54PM - Saturday, November 24, 2012Air New Zealand's new Hobbit-themed aircraft. — Photo: David Barker.AIR NEW ZEALAND has launched a new Hobbit-themed aircraft in celebration of the much anticipated release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
A Boeing 777-300ER now shows an imposing picture of Gandalf and a backdrop of the Sir Peter Jackson film, to premiere in Wellington next week.
The canvas stretches 73m in length — making it the largest graphic to be applied to an aircraft. It took 400 man-hours to install.
The aircraft will be revealed for the first time to a select group of guests in Auckland this morning.
It is one of several Air New Zealand have dedicated to various causes over the years, including one for Jackson's Lord of the Rings series, and the All Blacks.
Sir Peter Jackson's latest film will premiere in Wellington next Wednesday.www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10849678
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Post by jody on Nov 25, 2012 17:21:39 GMT 10
I was just about to post a similar image of the plane
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 16:18:19 GMT 10
Jackson, Wood surprise Hobbit fansBy ELLE HUNT - The Dominion Post | 5:00AM - Tuesday, 27 November 2012AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: Film-maker Sir Peter Jackson and actor Elijah Wood. — ROBERT KITCHIN/Fairfax NZ.IT WAS an unexpected journey across town that lit up the night for hundreds of the world's keenest Tolkien fans.
Film-maker Sir Peter Jackson and actor Elijah Wood, who was Frodo in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, made a surprise appearance last night at a Hobbit pre-premiere party in Wellington, organised by fansite TheOneRing.net.
Jackson told fans the finishing touches to The Hobbit were completed only on Sunday, and the final edit was screened to a select group of cast and crew that night.
"Elijah saw it last night. Unfortunately that means we'll have to kill him," Jackson said.
Wood — with bodyguard in attendance — greeted all those fans dressed as Frodo, and both he and Jackson signed autographs and posed for photographs.
At least 500 people attended the party, with the vast majority in elaborate costume. About 100 of that number were on a dedicated Hobbit premiere tour.FAN FAVOURITE: Sir Peter Jackson makes a surprise appearance at a Hobbit pre-premiere party in Wellington. — ROSS GIBLIN/Fairfax NZ.Organiser and TheOneRing.net founder Erica Challis was thrilled the stars had decided to attend.
"We invited them, but we didn't know whether they'd come."
Another surprise was in store yesterday for many of the 2000 people invited to tomorrow's premiere, when it turned out that about 1250 of them will not be seeing it with the stars at the Embassy Theatre, which was decked out with Dolby's new Atmos sound system last month especially for the event.
Instead, they will watch it at the nearby Reading Cinema, which is closed for the day.
The forecast remains good for the afternoon's walk down the red carpet. MetService is forecasting a dry day with patchy cloud, and northerly winds of 30 to 40 km/h. The expected high is 19 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, Wellington City Council is claiming its Hobbit-themed artisan market to be a "huge success so far" after an estimated 15,000 people visited Waitangi Park during the weekend. About 1500 people watched a screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday night.• SOUVENIR EDITION: See tomorrow's Dominion Post for a world premiere special edition, including a free Hobbit poster and exclusive interviews with Sir Peter Jackson and the film's stars.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/8000531/Jackson-Wood-surprise-Hobbit-fans
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 16:18:47 GMT 10
Hobbit stars visit ZealandiaBy SOPHIE SPEER - The Dominion Post | 11:02AM - Tuesday, 27 November 2012HOBBIT ACTORS: Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Martin Freeman, Zealandia's Lauren Schaer, Elijah Wood and Richard Armitage pay a visit to Wellington's Zealandia.THE STARS of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey paid a visit to Zealandia yesterday ahead of tomorrow's world premiere.
Actors Martin Freeman, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Richard Armitage flew into the capital on Sunday and spent yesterday with Hugo Weaving at the nature sanctuary.
Zealandia spokeswoman Lauren Shaer said the group were filming an interview for an American show at the wildlife sanctuary.
"They were all really lovely. Hugo was especially interested in our conservation work as he is involved with similar projects himself."
"One of their security asked me if the kiwi was a saltwater or freshwater bird. I'm still not sure if he was pulling my leg but you don't want to mess with a big guy in a suit."
"The takahe popped out to see what all the commotion was about, but all eyes were on the Hobbit stars."
Wood and director Sir Peter Jackson, surprised guests at last night's pre-premiere party organised by fansite TheOneRing.net.
This morning, a Hobbit-themed plane will arrive at Wellington Airport, bringing more stars into the city.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/8002657/Hobbit-stars-visit-Zealandia
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 16:53:30 GMT 10
Hobbit cast and crew fly in for premiereHobbit stars arrive ahead of world premiereThe Dominion Post | 1:32PM - Tuesday, 27 November 2012The Hobbit plane arrives at Wellington Airport from Auckland. — MAARTEN HOLL/Fairfax NZ.FOUR DWARVES, one wizard, a great-grandson and a very large plane made the final journey to the middle of Middle Earth this morning.
The final cast members of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrived in Wellington aboard Air New Zealand's specially outfitted Boeing 777-300 that travelled via Los Angeles and London.
A select group of media were invited to join stars as they boarded in Auckland, including Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman and J.R.R. Tolkien's great-grandson Royd on their short trip.
"It's all a bit crazy. This is a bit bit weird," Turner, who plays Kili, said about staging a media call on a plane.
"My ears are popping and I keep looking out the window and realising we are on a plane," said O'Gorman, who stars as Fili, Kili's brother.Cast and crew of The Hobbit disembark the Air New Zealand Hobbit-themed plane in Wellington. — MAARTEN HOLL/Fairfax NZ.The flight's special guests were joined by cabin crew decked out in Hobbit clothing: leather arm-pieces for the men and silver crowns for the women. And if they got bored, they could always watch Lord of the Rings on the in-flight entertainment.
But the cast had bigger things on their minds, as they contemplated watching the film they spent a year and a half filming for the very first time.
"We get a cast viewing today in case we hate it," said Turner.
"Then it would be jumping on a plane back to Dublin quickly."Stars of The Hobbit disembark from the Air New Zealand Hobbit plane. — MAARTEN HOLL/Fairfax NZ.Hobbit producer Philippa Boyens, left, and Sir Peter Jackson, right. — MAARTEN HOLL/Fairfax NZ.People watch from Wellington Airport's terminal as cast and crew of The Hobbit arrive from Auckland. — MAARTEN HOLL/Fairfax NZ.The Hobbit stars at Wellington Airport, with Peter Jackson taking a photo. — MAARTEN HOLL/Fairfax NZ.Kiwi actor John Callen, who plays Oin in the film, discounted the validity of complaints horses were mistreated on set.
"The big question has to do with timing. My feeling is, if people were 100 per cent genuine in their intentions, then perhaps someone should have been done sooner."
After tomorrow's premiere the cast will start a promotional tour around the world.• Watch a video about the arrival of Hobbit stars in Wellington.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8003579/Hobbit-cast-and-crew-fly-in-for-premiere
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Post by pim on Nov 28, 2012 14:54:31 GMT 10
Get a grip KTJ, it's just pics of a group of rich actors getting out of a plane with pictures stencilled on it. They aren't gods descending from Olympus! I thought you were supposed to be a bloody atheist!
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Post by jody on Nov 30, 2012 6:22:14 GMT 10
I saw the preview for The Hobbit yesterday whilst seeing Skyfall...looks great, can't wait. Being 3D will make it even better.
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Post by caskur on Nov 30, 2012 21:06:49 GMT 10
Fifty days to go to the world premiere of the first movie in the Hobbit trilogy in Wellington.
“Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” premieres at the Embassy theatre at the bottom of Courtenay Place in Wellington on 28th November. The red carpet will be extending all the way from Taranaki Street down to Kent Terrace and the theatre.• Capital's Hobbit party to be unveiled today (The Dominion Post - Monday, 08 October 2012) After I saw the LotR I read the Hobbit so as to get a background on the story and I certainly am one person who will look forward to seeing the Hobbit.
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