Air NZ’s New Safety Video Hobbit-Style
Air New Zealand have really taken The Hobbit theme to heart. Â Two of their planes will be turned into giant billboards for the films and soon passengers will be treated to a Hobbit-style safety video. [...]
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Happy Birthday to Sylvester McCoy!
Sylvester McCoy turns 69 today! Many fans will recognize Sylvester McCoy from his days playing The Seventh Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. But did you know he was the second choice to play [...]
Peter Jackson, Alan Lee, John Howe Greetings to the Tolkien Society from New Zealand
We are proud to announce an exclusive video released to the Middle-earth Network from the Tolkien Society Return of the Ring 2012 convention in Loughborough, England. Â As reported earlier, this video was graciously sent by [...]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
This fantastic shirt portrays the locations of The Lord of the Rings on a Tube Map resembling the London Underground and is available on Threadless.com. (I hear the Moria station is a thing to behold, [...]
Life in NZ is Bloomin’ Marvellous
Filming The Hobbit was a big project, taking some 18 months to complete so, understandably, many of the actor’s families decamped to New Zealand too, including Orlando Bloom’s wife, model Miranda Kerr and son Flynn. Orlando’s role [...]
New Zealand’s New Tourism Slogan: 100% Middle-earth
According to Tolkien Examiner Josh Vogt, New Zealand will be launching a new tourism slogan late this month. “100% Middle-earth” has been in the works for awhile now, beginning with an advertising campaign which capitalizes [...]
Sir Peter Jackson Supports Tolkien Society Event
The Tolkien Society is delighted to announce that Sir Peter Jackson has donated two items to The Return of the Ring‘s auction. The auction will raise money for The Tolkien Society’s project “Tolkien to the [...]
Official The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Twitter
Official Tweeting has Begun! You’ll be hearing more than just the tweets of the thrush or the cawing of Roac! Warner Brothers has created an official Twitter account for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. If [...]
Weta Releases Affordable One Ring
Weta Workshop has released a new piece in their ever-expanding Lord of the Rings Collection. Their Gold Plated Tungsten Carbide replica of The One Ring was created and designed by Jens Hansen, a New Zealand [...]
Cumberbatch talks about Smaug
Benedict Cumberbatch who plays Smaug and Necromancer in The Hobbit, has been talking to  The Telegraph about the filming of Smaug. Describing Smaug as  ’a 400-year-old fire-breathing worm who lives in the middle of a mountain on top of [...]
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