Our good friends at Trend Setters Ltd have an exciting contest going on right now, where YOU can win an exclusive product which hasn’t yet been released!  This collectible film cell piece is limited to 1000 pieces – and the competition winner will receive piece number 1!  This is an eight card montage of The Hobbit scenery artwork, plus sixteen clips of genuine film footage.

Take a look at this amazing collectible here; then go to the competition page at Trend Setters Ltd’s Facebook page by clicking here.  Simply ‘like’ their main Facebook page (NOT the collectible image!) and leave a comment on the image to have a chance of winning!  The competition runs until 20th December, and – alas – is only open to US residents.  But don’t fear – if you don’t win, you can always purchase these beautiful collectibles from Trend Setters Ltd’s website; or, if you join us at The One Expected Party next February, you could win another limited piece there!

 

 

 

 

Jackson and Lesnie with the RED EPICs and 3Ality stereo rig. (Courtesy: FXguide.com)“Weta Digital has grown to now define state of the art in visual effects worldwide. Its dedication to storytelling and realizing director’s visions has lead to the company working with some of the best directors in the world. For The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Weta Digital continued to employ its exquisite attention to detail into helping to tell the story of the fantastical world of Middle-earth.” [Read More]

“Travel along, if you dare, with Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit” — either in J.R.R.Tolkien’s beloved 1937 novel, or through the first installment of Peter Jackson’s film trilogy based on the book. If you do, you will, essentially, be traveling in a world constructed on Christian principles, says Devin Brown, a professor of English at Asbury University, a Christian liberal arts college near Lexington, Ky.” [Read More]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opened to an incredible $13 million from 3,100 midnight locations. That may not seem like much when compared to record-holder Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($43.5 million) or this Summer’sThe Dark Knight Rises ($27 million), but for a December release that’s a massive figure. In fact, it’s three times as much as Avatar made at midnight ($3.537 million), and also way up on I Am Legend‘s $1.7 million. I Am Legend is the current December opening weekend record-holder with $77.2 million, which The Hobbit is now guaranteed to pass by the end of the weekend. [Read More]