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By: Honestly9999

Honestly9999 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:58:00 +0000

Not for the Hobbit. Just stirring you all up…

By: Thefonz

Thefonz — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:56:00 +0000

Hi I was visiting Kaitoke Regional Park on 13th February 2011 and saw these set items being assembled. It was on the road within the park which eventually leads up to the original Rivendell set. So it must be something to do with the elves.

By: Mrs_McA

Mrs_McA — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:28:00 +0000

1. The green screen is a permanent fixture; it’s been used for many movies.
2. This studio is used for video games, movies, TV shows, and even commercials.
3. The fluted column is a prop that has been used in several films.

I don’t think your “spy” saw anything related to the Hobbit — just another day of “movie magic” in the Wellington suburbs.

By: Garrett Robinson

Garrett Robinson — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:57:00 +0000

Sorry to be the one bringing this to the page. I have been walking past these sets every day as I go to WETA and drop off CVs and business cards, and I, like you, assumed they were for The Hobbit.

Then, on Thursday, I saw a small, maybe 5-foot-2 person walking onto the sets dressed like a cartoon elf from Zelda. No doubt about it, this person was NOT a Tolkien elf. She looked like Link with even longer ears, like the Night Elves in Warcraft III. Yet she was definitely walking on to the set to perform. Later I saw the same person getting makeup at a tent behind the building.

Yesterday, I was there and I noticed crew breaking the sets down. I asked him if they were working on The Hobbit, and he said no, this was for a video game, but they were done now. He said that he and the rest of his crew were hoping to get a job on The Hobbit, and as far as he knew, some of it would definitely be being shot in these studios, but a lot more of it would be happening on Stone street, a several minute walk away.

It is possible he was BS’ing me due to confidentiality, but my own sighting of the non-Tolkien character in costume lent great strength, at least in my mind, to the fact that these are NOT hobbit sets at all, and are most likely some other project WETA was working on which they are trying to wrap up before going into high-production mode for The Hobbit.

I will attempt to get some confirmation photos that the sets are broken down and, if I get them, I will send them along.

By: Ron_rex_l

Ron_rex_l — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:33:00 +0000

That could be Moria… But it just as well could be the Lonely Mountain or the Woodland Realm.

By: guest

guest — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:31:00 +0000

you are the closest, not sure how I stumbled onto this site but to put you all out of your misery I can confirm it is nothing to do with dwarves or hobbits or the hobbit, they are for a completely unrelated production which is also confidential so don’t even ask what. Remember, things are not always as they appear.

By: anon amiz

anon amiz — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:05:00 +0000

not for the Hobbit at all – look at the height of the soundstages exterior compared to the height of the soundstage interior – fail

By: Nalepath

Nalepath — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Well considering these look like ruins rather than occupied architecture, I would say that we’re looking at the ruins of Dale or some nearby location that was taken over by Smaug

By: Daniel Lewis

Daniel Lewis — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:41:00 +0000

Also their are two stone supports in one of the image that look dwarvish, do you think we will get production diaries?

By: Daniel Lewis

Daniel Lewis — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:40:00 +0000

I really hope that Peter Jackson uses as many real locations as possible, seeing the green screen made me cringe and think of the entire King Kong production.

By: Dude'

Dude' — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:48:00 +0000

come on people let them build sets , we can dissect them after we get the special editions of the movies… which of course i will haha

By: Malr1

Malr1 — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:42:00 +0000

photo no 9: in the lower right corner of the picture, just behind the door… that looks like the windows one would expect to see in hobbiton. green dragon interior set or something like that?