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A Wellington Tour of Middle-earth

A Wellington Tour of Middle-earth

Here’s another trip update from Arwen as she travels with the tour group from Middle-earth Network’s A Long Expected Journey to New Zealand! Tuesday in Wellington was filled with the most “ooooooh!” s and “awwwwww!” s [...]

Fans, Trolls Line The Red Carpet for ‘The Hobbit’ World Premiere

Fans, Trolls Line The Red Carpet for ‘The Hobbit’ World Premiere

The live stream doesn’t start until 3:50pm local time, and the stars don’t arrive until 4:30pm, but fans have been queuing up outside the Embassy Theatre in Wellington for the world premiere of The Hobbit: [...]

Wellington’s Disappointed ‘Hobbit’ Fans Finally Get Their Tickets

Wellington’s Disappointed ‘Hobbit’ Fans Finally Get Their Tickets

We reported earlier that Wellington’s Embassy Theatre was opening their on-site box office early for fans to line up and be the first in the world to get tickets for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. [...]

Wellington’s Embassy Theatre Box Office Opens Early For ‘Hobbit’ Fans

Wellington’s Embassy Theatre Box Office Opens Early For ‘Hobbit’ Fans

Thanks to Middle-earth News contributor and Welly-moot Founder Jack Machiela for the update! Looks like we did it – Wellington’s Embassy Theatre is opening up the box office at 1 minute past midnight tomorrow! We’ll [...]

An Unexpected Journey begins a Day Earlier in NZ

An Unexpected Journey begins a Day Earlier in NZ

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released in New Zealand  a whole day earlier than planned, on 12th December. The film will be shown at selected cinemas across New Zealand from midnight on 12th December, [...]

Advance ‘Hobbit’ Screening Contest in New Zealand

Advance ‘Hobbit’ Screening Contest in New Zealand

Middle-earth tour guide and New Zealand dweller Jack Machiela of The Noldor Blog alerted us to this contest! A local fabric softener company managed to snag seats for an advance screening of The Hobbit: An [...]

Embassy Theatre to get Atmos Sound

Embassy Theatre to get Atmos Sound

The Embassy Theatre in Wellington is installing Dolby Atmos sound for the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Atmos is a new sound system that features two extra arrays of overhead speakers and the ability to [...]

The Hobbit World Premiere will be in 48fps

The Hobbit World Premiere will be in 48fps

The Embassy Theatre  has said on Twitter that the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be shown in 48 fps. The Embassy tweeted,  ”Yes we will be screening in 48fps  #TheHobbit #Hobbit“ Of [...]

Hobbit Premiere Celebrations Revealed

Hobbit Premiere Celebrations Revealed

Things are gearing up in Wellington for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey world premiere, with crowds greater than the 120,000 who turned out for The Return of the King hoped for. Details of a week [...]

World Premiere Stars Kept Secret

World Premiere Stars Kept Secret

Wellingtonians are getting excited about The Hobbit world premiere, with details of the celebrations expected later this week. It has just been confirmed that, as expected, The Embassy Theatre will host the premiere, with the [...]

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