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Another Busy News Day!; Royd Tolkien Interview, ‘Mount Doom’ about to blow, Who Will (and won’t) be attending the Premiere
For Digital Spy’s q&a with Royd Tolkien about his perspective on Jackson’s adaptations, click here. For information about the imminent eruption predicted for the New Zealand Mountain featured as Mount doom click here. Information on some of the stars attending and not attending the premiere of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’, click here and here.
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Simon Tolkien on the Dificulty of Growing Up as Tolkien’s Grandson
According to author Simon Tolkien, the immense popularity of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies was like; “being hit by a juggernaut.” Click here to read the entire article in The Telegraph.
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New Sculpture unveiled at Embassy Theater in Wellington NZ
For a set of pictures of the new sculpture click here to be taken to the theater’s Facebook Page. For an article about the various preparations in and around Wellington for the Premiere of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ click here to read the most recent article on stuff.co.nz. Bonus item – The seventh trailer…
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Queen’s son meets Dori.
For more information on Prince Charles’ visit to WETA Studios click here.
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Entire Soundtrack Now Available!!
Click here to go to Empire Online’s site to be able to listen to the entire soundtrack of ‘The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’. NEWSFLASH!! Nov 20th; The soundtrack is now available on YouTube; click here to give it a listen. (Special thanks to cellindor for locating the soundtrack)
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‘Song of The Lonely Mountain’ now available online.
Thanks to an article in Rolling Stone magazine, Neil Finn’s ‘Song of The Lonely Mountain, the closing track from the soundtrack to ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’, is now available for your listening pleasure. To learn about the track, listen to it, and learn the details on how to order your own copy click here.
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Has Peter Jackson Changed?
In his newest Blog post, Ian McKellen looks at the question; Has Peter Jackson changed since the filming of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy? The blog post can be found here.
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Hobbit News; An Unexpected Party, 150 Behind The Scene pics, Fundraisers, and more
For a behind the scenes look at ‘An Unexpected Party’ click here. 150 behind the scenes Pics from ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ can be found here. Mark Hadlow, Dori in the Films, will be appearing in a schoolgirl written play to raise money to fight child poverty. For more info click here. The Duke…
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News update; First Look at Bard, Interactive E-Books
A few unedited shots of Luke Evans playing Bard The Bowman can be found here. Details on the interactive official film tie-in e-books can be found by going here. and then clicking the link under ‘Latest Headlines. ( That’s the only way I could get the link to work)
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Hobbit News Update; New Trailers, Mockbuster Lawsuit, 1st cut from Soundtrack, two Bag End Replicas
Two new Trailers for ‘The Hobbit.An unexpected journey’ van be viewed here. Information about the copyright infringement lawsuit against the makers of ‘Age of the Hobbit’ can be found here. You can hear the first track; ‘ Radagast the Brown’, from the Hobbit soundtrack by clicking here. To watch Jeremy Telford, The Balloon Guy, build…