Cloth made on the Western Isles of Scotland is to feature in the new film The Hobbit.
Scalpay weaver Sheila Roderick has supplied about 100m (328ft) of linen for use in the latest screen adaption of author JRR Tolkien’s books.
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White-out weather chaos moves north
The snowfall in Wellington caused excitement and chaos throughout the city last night.
Snow settled in the northern suburbs, including Churton Park, Newlands and Karori, and there was flooding in Kilbirnie.
The final of the Ford National Hockey League was called off mid-game because of the weather.
English actor Stephen Fry, who is in Wellington filming The Hobbit, was among hundreds of people who took to Twitter.”It’s been an exciting day here in Wellington. Snow. That’s unusual … NZ is same latitude as Melbourne so it’s rare,” Fry tweeted. [Read More]
elf writes: Andy Serkis chats to Edith Bowman on BBC radio 1 about Hobbit and planet of the apes. More..
On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we take a look at Andy Serkis the man the myth the legend, Weta Workshop sponsors the Great Race, James Nesbit takes us out on a date, and Benedict Cumberbatch reveals excitement regarding upcoming mo-cap work.
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Actor Andy Serkis talks to Metro about hanging out with chimpanzees in Rwanda, how The Hobbit is coming along, and why he’s not surprised the London riots happened. More..
Andy Serkis has admitted that he is frustrated performance-capture is not taken as seriously as conventional acting. The actor is currently reprising his role as Gollum in The Hobbit, the prequel to the fantasy franchise Lord of the Rings. He told The Daily Telegraph: “I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood. “Ten years down the line, people say, ‘Oh, so you did the voice of Gollum?’ Or people go, ‘You did the movements for Kong?’ It’s frustrating, because I play Gollum and I play Kong. It is acting.” More..