Archive for April, 1999

40-metres of aspiring hobbits

Friday, April 30th, 1999 Posted in LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies, Old Main News, Other Cast

Casting of extras for the Lord of the Rings got underway in Wellington this weekend.The J.R.R. Tolkien classic is being filmed in New Zealand by Wellington director Peter Jackson, with ... Read more..

North and South Magazine - Lauren Quintance

Thursday, April 22nd, 1999 Posted in LotR: Movies, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King, Movie: The Two Towers, New Zealand, Old Main News, Other production, Richard Taylor, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

This is not what you"d expect. Miramar. Solidly working class, rows of compact, pre-World War II bungalows and a smattering of state houses on broad, flat streets that give ... Read more..

Time for Film Wannabes to Toss Hats in the ring

Tuesday, April 20th, 1999 Posted in LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King, Movie: The Two Towers, Old Main News, Other Cast

The official hunt for extras in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings will begin this weekend."Official [casting calls] will be held shortly.Ads will probably be placed this week," a ... Read more..

Barad-Dur Model?

Monday, April 19th, 1999 Posted in Crew News, John Howe, LotR: Movies, LotR: Production, Old Main News, Other production, WETA Workshop

Now, we aren't talking Cindy Crawford here. Tehanu slipped me this juicy tidbit about an artist named John Howe, now he's done some LOTR art before, if you don't know ... Read more..

Ready for the Rings

Sunday, April 18th, 1999 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR: Movies, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King, Movie: The Two Towers, New Zealand, Old Main News, Peter Jackson

The much-hyped Star Wars prequels may be getting some serious competition from an epic movie trilogy about to be made in New Zealand, reports Helen Barlow. GEORGE Lucas might have ... Read more..

Waikato Site

Friday, April 16th, 1999 Posted in Locations & Sets, LotR: Production, New Zealand, Old Main News

To say Okoroire, with its hot springs, motel, shop and golf course, is a long way from Hollywood is one of the bigger understatements you could make. But courtesy of ... Read more..

Voices of Many

Tuesday, April 13th, 1999 Posted in Locations & Sets, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Movies, LotR: Production, New Zealand, Old Main News, Other production

This is a great scoop picked up by none other than Tehanu herself. She tells me that she went to dinner with some friends and other people she didn't know, ... Read more..

Lucas on Rings?

Monday, April 12th, 1999 Posted in LotR: Movies, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King, Movie: The Two Towers, Old Main News

According to E! News Australia, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has supposedly been hired onto the fantasy epic to act as a 'consultant' on the project. When Director Peter Jackson ... Read more..

Hobbiton Is Being Built

Sunday, April 11th, 1999 Posted in Locations & Sets, LotR: Movies, LotR: Production, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, New Zealand, Old Main News

MATAMATA - A secret start has been made on the mega-budget film Lord of the Rings in the central Waikato. The New Zealand Herald has discovered that soldiers, earth-movers and builders ... Read more..