The mysterious Tehanu has taken human form once more and has ventured out to the Hobbiton set. This…
Continue ReadingThe mysterious Tehanu has taken human form once more and has ventured out to the Hobbiton set. This time she brings along photos of the very front gate that Elijah, Billy, Sean and Dominick will call home, for a short while anyways!
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Active Tolkien fan Mortimus had a look and sent in this description of the Bree set:
I saw Bree yesterday and it looked awesome. The set is wooden, extended onto old 2-storeyed army barracks (the site is a decomissioned fort in Seatoun) – about 30-40 metres long, basically forming a graded alleyway or small section of street with ‘frontages on either side. Shingled roofs, small windows, an arched doorway which looks to actually lead into the real entrance of the building behind it, and some steps leading up to this. No signage though. The odd thing is that there are residential houses next door and a public walking track overlooking this (the set is at the foot of a hill), so for the moment it’s been quite easy to get a look at what’s going on there – I imagine this will be closed pretty soon though!
OK, excellent work! Wonder what the neighbours are going to make of all that!
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An alert fan saw a quick item on TV1 news to the effect that a film-set medieval village scene was being built in the hilly suburb of Seatoun, one of the suburbs next to where Peter Jackson has his studios. “With nobody admitting anything, TV1 thought it might be for LOTR!” said my informant.
Somebody down there, go have a look, would you?
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From KdL
I’m a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA; www.sca.org).I’m told that one of our own smiths, a wonderful artisan who goes by the name Atar, did some of the swords for Jackson. If this is true, and I’ve no reason to doubt it, then these swords will _not_ be light or fragile. Atar has done exhaustive research into medieval swordmaking history and techniques, and his work is highly prized.
Here’s the interesting part – your readers might like to know that Atar sells his work online, at atar.com. I don’t know if he’ll make replicas of what he made for Jackson, but it’s possible…
From Paul
Concerning Elijah Wood:
Just thought I’d mention that a friend of mine saw him down at the Matterhorn (a bar/cafe) in Wellington last week.
From SC
See the cover story on The Magic of Harry Potter. The chart on page 71 says “A live film starts shooting next month”
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