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No caffeine equals no Return of the King?
Fires of Mount Doom? Well almost, if it looks like your favorite cafe is about to go up in smoke! Read how Weta workshop’s own Ben Hawker saves the day (latte?) at Stuff.
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Lights, camera, and….French Fries (with garlic mayo!)
Read about some on the set ROTK adventures (as well as food in Wellington) at Ain’t It Cool News! Peter Jackson, Saruman, Farmer Maggot, Legolas, Orcs, and more!
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The bar (and the price) have been raised!
From the New Zealand Studies Association conference in London this past weekend: the success of the trilogy and the transformation of Wellington into “Wellywood” could make it harder to produce low budget films in New Zealand. Read the entire story at Stuff.
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Bello New Zealand!
A nice interview of the New Zealand Ambassador Peter Bennett in Italy at Caltanet.
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Paths of the Dead
Can’t confirm this for accuracy (never been to New Zealand), but at Tolkien On-line there are pics of New Zealand locations where they say The Paths of the Dead sequences were filmed.
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Not as old as the Old Took…
but she is the eldest LOTR extra! At Stuff, read about June Hancock, Rohan refugee and Return of the King courtier!
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Gandalf’s Diary
Ian McKellen has updated his White Book–a good read! Read about more ROTK filming, minatures, Gollum, suiting up in the garb of Gandalf the White, all kinds of burning questions, and more!
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Makes you think!
A very brief blurb regarding filming of ROTK at Ain’t It Cool News–defies description here, so go there and scroll about a third of the way down to read all about it…
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Pretty pictures?
At Quintessential Web Sites there are some RotK screencaps gleaned from the Herr Der Ringe site. Some are fair quality, some not, but all are interesting.
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Indiana here I come!
Not really–though there is good reason to go! Sean Astin and John Rhys-Davies will be at GenCon, a fantasy and sci-fi gaming convention in Indianapolis, on July 26th and 27th.
