Daily English Show #11 – Wellington To Blenheim (Video)
December 25, 2011 – 7:13 am | 28 Comments

The Daily English Show, an occasional video series, has hit the road traveling through New Zealand in a United Campervan. Today they travel to the beehive (Parliament), Lyall Bay (check out Maranui Cafe review) then …

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The Hobbit Movie Take One (Video)
April 20, 2011 – 1:59 am | 19 Comments
The Hobbit Movie Take One (Video)

Sir Peter Jackson has released the first in what is a series of behind the scenes video logs of the making of “The Hobbit” movie, the fourth in the Lord of the Rings series of …

Wellywood, Hollywood As God Intended – deToro (Video)
July 21, 2009 – 8:42 am | One Comment

Guillermo de Toro talks about working in Wellington on the Hobbit project.

Lord of the Rings Tour Big Hit in North America (Video)
April 15, 2009 – 7:51 am | 7 Comments

“Lord of the Rings” fans are flocking to New Zealand, where the trilogy was filmed to see first hand where the successful film trilogy was made according to CNN.

Speculation on Hobbit Trilogy
March 31, 2009 – 11:41 pm | 3 Comments

Speculation has risen online that there is a planned third movie in the Hobbit series adding to the two movies already in the works from Peter Jackson. As we had reported earlier, Jackson and Del …

Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones Tipped for Oscar Nomination
March 16, 2009 – 12:36 pm | One Comment

“Lovely Bones”, the story of a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven has been tipped for a nomination this year in the Academy …

LOTR’s Haldir in New Comedy (Video)
March 10, 2009 – 7:46 am | 15 Comments

Lord of the Rings’ actor Craig Parker stars in a new series called Diplomatic Immunity on Television New Zealand.
Parker was born in Suva, Fiji. He is most famous for his role as Haldir of Lórien …

Kiwi CGI Software Company To Build Robots
April 27, 2008 – 5:12 pm | 7 Comments

Kiwi Software firm Massive Software is getting into the virtual robot business. The key to Massive’s success is their 3D animation rendering software used in Lord of the Rings, Golden Compass and the Pirates of …

Spaniard To Make Hobbits
April 25, 2008 – 7:01 am | No Comment

Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have announced that Guillermo del Toro will be the Director of the next two Hobbit films.
“A true original, Guillermo is a cinematic magician who has never lost his child-like …