Sunday, 15 January 2012
Hobbit 3D concept sketch
The Hobbit blog reports: the new Production Video from the set of THE HOBBIT contains an unexpected surprise: A bit of 3D concept art from Alan Lee and John Howe. You can watch the video for the whole story, or just break out your 3D glasses and take it in for yourself via the image below
Peter Jackson Production Video Diary Number 4
Peter Jackson discusses how shooting the Hobbit in 3D is a dream come true.
If Jackson had the ability to shoot Lord of the Rings in 3D he say he would have. Jackson mentions that some 3D photos were taken during Lord of the Rings shooting, and perhaps will released some day on Blue Ray.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Tauriel aka Evangeline Lilly floating around New Zealand
Evangeline Lilly joined Orlando Bloom last month in Wellington to become the latest celeb to Hollywoodify NZ. The Daily Mail has posted a picture of Lilly with partner...Lily has been cast as elf Tauriel
Hobbit to be filmed in Nelson
Stuff NZ reports:
Sir Peter Jackson's movie The Hobbit is set to be filmed in Nelson at the end of this year, with hundreds of crew members expected to stay in the region. Local moteliers have been contacted by the film's production company, 3 Foot 7, which is looking for accommodation for about 400 to 500 people in November and December. Motel Association of New Zealand Nelson's John Gilbertson, who owns Arrow Motels on Golf Rd, confirmed some of the association's members were holding rooms for such a group.
Filming for the anticipated two-part movie resumed last week and will continue until December.
The film features international celebrities such as Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Fry, James Nesbitt and Martin Freeman. Mr Gilbertson said 3 Foot 7 made inquiries for booking 400 to 500 rooms in early December in Nelson and Golden Bay.
He said there were 50 Nelson members in the association with more than 700 rooms among them, so members could accommodate the film bookings across the region. Members were understandably anxious at taking a booking for a film company, as some had been burnt accepting bookings for the movie Kingdom Come, he said. Kingdom Come was to be shot in New Zealand, including in the Nelson region, but the production company folded before shooting. However, he said it was a different situation with 3 Foot 7, and the association would be happy and keen to have them in the region. The Hobbit publicist Melissa Booth said she was unable to confirm locations as they were in the throes of filming. "We're just looking forward and trying to get the film made. I think everyone is happy to be back at work." Pohara motelier Steve du Feu said the filming of The Hobbit was "good news" for businesses in Golden Bay. His motel, The Sandcastle, is one of a number in Golden Bay that have been booked out by 3 Foot 7 for 10 days in mid-November and a week in early December.
"The increased activity in the bay associated with this will be an awesome boost after what has been a pretty quiet winter. The crew will be made to feel very welcome," he said. Bob Haswell of Clifftops Retreat in Ruby Bay said he had friends working on the film in Wellington and "it looks like some of them might be coming to Nelson". Mr Haswell is connected to Tasman Helicopters, which was involved during the filming of parts of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in the Nelson region, but he said the company had not been approached about helping with The Hobbit.
Nelson Mayor Aldo Miccio said the likelihood that The Hobbit crew might be coming to Nelson was news to him, but he was not surprised. "It's in line with what we have been hearing – that Nelson is going to be a destination for filming." He said the crew of Kiwi Flyer had told him that word was spreading that Nelson was "the place to come". "I think we're going to see a lot more of this in the future."
Sir Peter Jackson's movie The Hobbit is set to be filmed in Nelson at the end of this year, with hundreds of crew members expected to stay in the region. Local moteliers have been contacted by the film's production company, 3 Foot 7, which is looking for accommodation for about 400 to 500 people in November and December. Motel Association of New Zealand Nelson's John Gilbertson, who owns Arrow Motels on Golf Rd, confirmed some of the association's members were holding rooms for such a group.
Filming for the anticipated two-part movie resumed last week and will continue until December.
The film features international celebrities such as Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Fry, James Nesbitt and Martin Freeman. Mr Gilbertson said 3 Foot 7 made inquiries for booking 400 to 500 rooms in early December in Nelson and Golden Bay.
He said there were 50 Nelson members in the association with more than 700 rooms among them, so members could accommodate the film bookings across the region. Members were understandably anxious at taking a booking for a film company, as some had been burnt accepting bookings for the movie Kingdom Come, he said. Kingdom Come was to be shot in New Zealand, including in the Nelson region, but the production company folded before shooting. However, he said it was a different situation with 3 Foot 7, and the association would be happy and keen to have them in the region. The Hobbit publicist Melissa Booth said she was unable to confirm locations as they were in the throes of filming. "We're just looking forward and trying to get the film made. I think everyone is happy to be back at work." Pohara motelier Steve du Feu said the filming of The Hobbit was "good news" for businesses in Golden Bay. His motel, The Sandcastle, is one of a number in Golden Bay that have been booked out by 3 Foot 7 for 10 days in mid-November and a week in early December.
"The increased activity in the bay associated with this will be an awesome boost after what has been a pretty quiet winter. The crew will be made to feel very welcome," he said. Bob Haswell of Clifftops Retreat in Ruby Bay said he had friends working on the film in Wellington and "it looks like some of them might be coming to Nelson". Mr Haswell is connected to Tasman Helicopters, which was involved during the filming of parts of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in the Nelson region, but he said the company had not been approached about helping with The Hobbit.
Nelson Mayor Aldo Miccio said the likelihood that The Hobbit crew might be coming to Nelson was news to him, but he was not surprised. "It's in line with what we have been hearing – that Nelson is going to be a destination for filming." He said the crew of Kiwi Flyer had told him that word was spreading that Nelson was "the place to come". "I think we're going to see a lot more of this in the future."
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
John McCain compares Tea Party activists to Hobbits
Guardian reports -
Age: As old as Middle Earth.
Ah, the fly– No, not the fly-fishing man in the Yellow Pages ad. Tolkien wrote about a young hobbit called Bilbo who left his comfortable burrow to steal back a dragon's hoard for some dispossessed dwarves. His victory over giant spiders, goblins, wolves etc earned him a place in legend.
This hardly sounds like news. It is 73 years since Tolkien first described the little chap. On the other hand, some of his relatives have just surfaced in America.
I'm shocked!!! Or I would be if I had a clue what you were talking about. You should try reading the Wall Street Journal. McCain clearly does, since that's where the hobbit-blaming kicked off.
Who cares what politicians or newspapers think? Tolkien scholars do! "The Tea Party might aspire to be hobbits," one grumpily told the Christian Science Monitor, "but at this point the two groups have just about zero in common."
Because Palin and co are covered in scales rather than fur? Possibly. More importantly, Tolkien's hobbits are "agrarian, simple, they don't have guns, they don't pay taxes, they don't complain that their rights are infringed". The Tea Party, by contrast "is about being dissatisfied. They feel they've given too much and gotten too little in return." Another expert complained that Tea Party members lack the hobbity virtues of love and friendship.
This is all very interesting, but when are we going to hear from the hobbits themselves? They don't actually exist.
You wouldn't think that from the way some people talk about them. You wouldn't, would you?
Not to be confused with: Reality
What do Tolkien's little hairy people have in common with Tea Party activists? Plenty, according to John McCain
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Elijah Wood as hobbit Frodo in the Lord of the Rings films |
Age: As old as Middle Earth.
I love it when you define one unknown thing with another unknown thing. Appearance? "Fattish in the stomach, shortish in the leg. A round, jovial face . . . The feet from the ankles down covered with brown hairy fur." That's how JRR Tolkien described them.
This hardly sounds like news. It is 73 years since Tolkien first described the little chap. On the other hand, some of his relatives have just surfaced in America.
Says who? Says Republican senator John McCain. He reckons "Tea Party hobbits" wanted to block a deal on the debt ceiling.
Who cares what politicians or newspapers think? Tolkien scholars do! "The Tea Party might aspire to be hobbits," one grumpily told the Christian Science Monitor, "but at this point the two groups have just about zero in common."
Because Palin and co are covered in scales rather than fur? Possibly. More importantly, Tolkien's hobbits are "agrarian, simple, they don't have guns, they don't pay taxes, they don't complain that their rights are infringed". The Tea Party, by contrast "is about being dissatisfied. They feel they've given too much and gotten too little in return." Another expert complained that Tea Party members lack the hobbity virtues of love and friendship.
This is all very interesting, but when are we going to hear from the hobbits themselves? They don't actually exist.
You wouldn't think that from the way some people talk about them. You wouldn't, would you?
Not to be confused with: Reality
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