As part of their weekly Sunday countdown of top classical music and movie scores, the U.K. station,Classic fm, will be playing exerpts from Howard Shore’s score to “The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey.” The countdown show is playing as I type this with the #1 slot set to begin around 6:30 p.m. GMT (that’s 11:30 a.m. EST (New York) and 7:30 a.m NADT (Auckland). Follow this link to listen live on your computer: classicfm.com. Read More…
Category: Hobbit Movie
Courtesy of Siobhan Bulfin, we have this great photo that reveals the Embassy Theatre premiere facade in all its glory! Head under the cut to get the full-res image! Continue reading “Embassy Theatre premiere facade revealed!”
You’ve already seen the Gollum art installation at Wellington Airport. Now another fabulous art installation has gone up, redecorating one of the baggage carousels so that it resembles a bas relief of Bag End. Very, very cool! Check it out. Photos by Dean Zillwood. Thanks to Ringer Ataahua for the heads-up! Continue reading “Bag End baggage carousel transforms Wellington Airport”
Additionally, Ringer Selfish Narwal send us this article from the Dominion Post:
A Hobbit-themed sculpture is being unveiled on top of the Embassy Theatre today, as Middle- earth fever sweeps Wellington less than a fortnight out from the world premiere of Sir Peter Jackson’s new epic.
Workers have this morning been craning the huge installation pieces into place – including a Gandalf sculpture and what appears to be the front of a Hobbit house – since about 8am this morning.
Embassy duty manager Charlotte Weston said the installation was progressing well.
“It’s just taking a bit to get it up there.”
Today, we’re lucky enough that Warner Bros. has allowed artist Jerry Vanderstelt to release a teaser from his upcoming print for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. In this teaser image we get a look at a familiar face once again brilliantly translated by Jerry. Also, it appears next week we will get something else from Jerry as you can see in the quote below. So stay tuned for more teasers from Jerry and check out his Facebook page: Vanderstelt Studio
“Warner Bros. has given me permission to show this first little snap shot teaser of my upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey artwork! These are simple “point and shoot” shots, not color-correct hi res scans, but enough to give you an idea of how things are shaping up : ) More to come next week! For now, here is the first little teaser!”
The great folks from WBShop.com have just sent us word – the official shop of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is now open at HobbitShop.com! To celebrate, they are hosting special Grand Opening discounts site-wide as well as premiering some great new products. Need a 14ft wide panaramic character poster for your wall? Or how about a Bilbo at Bag-end iPhone 5 case? These items and many more are just waiting to be added to your collection. And of course, they make great gifts as well 🙂 [HobbitShop.com] [WBShop.com]