Tourism New Zealand told reporters at the Trenz conference in Queenstown that they are very close to signing a deal with Hobbit filmmaking entities Warner Brothers and Wingnut Films. Chief executive Kevin Bowler said, ”We are [...]
Announced today, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has acquired the official US publishing rights from Harper Collins UK to publish the official tie-in books to the upcoming “The Hobbit” movies. Warner Bros. Consumer Products, the owners of [...]
Stephen Fry recently gave his support to the short film industry by making a donation to the horror film makers of Bloody Cuts.  Bloody Cuts is a series of 13 short films to be released online over the [...]
by lilymilos × on March 14, 2012 at 7:16 pm ×
Middle-earth News is fortunate to have Jack Machiela as our intrepid reporter! He and his wife visited the Hobbiton set in Matamata in January. They took plenty of photos, but were unable to share them [...]
by lilymilos × on March 2, 2012 at 12:09 pm ×
Only yesterday, Peter Jackson released his newest Production Video Blog, and it has our hearts racing and yearning for New Zealand! Though Jackson points out that he can’t reveal the Laketown set until 2013, he [...]
by Arwen × on February 28, 2012 at 1:37 pm ×
If you’ve been following our Movie News, you already know Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing two villains in Peter Jackson’s film adaptions of ‘The Hobbit’: Smaug the dragon and the Necromancer. Consider yourself a true Cumberbatch fan? Then you also [...]
by Arwen × on February 24, 2012 at 10:58 am ×
There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Peter Jackson’s decision to add a new female character into his film adaptions of ‘The Hobbit’ and tonight the ‘Warriors of the Westfold’ will be diving into detail about about [...]
by eviebowman × on February 21, 2012 at 11:47 am ×
Crisis, the UK charity that supports single homeless people, has enlisted the help of Sir Ian McKellen for its latest fundraising idea Crisis Mission: A Journey to the Midlands (and back again).  Crisis Mission involves teams [...]
by Arwen × on February 6, 2012 at 2:49 pm ×
A new radio show is about to take over Middle-earth Network Radio. Warriors of the Westfold will premiere this Friday, February 10 at 9 PM EST, with your hosts Arwen Kester (News Director), Lily Milos (News [...]
by Arwen × on January 17, 2012 at 2:11 pm ×
Look out, Middle-earth! The ‘Warriors of the Westfold’ are taking over Middle-earth Network Radio starting February 3 at 9 PM EST. Check back here for more details and follow ‘Warriors of the Westfold’ on Twitter!
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