Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro is making himself comfortable in Wellington as he hunkers down to direct The Hobbit including replicating his Los Angeles “man cave”. Oscar winner del Toro has two homes in LA a family home and another a few blocks away to house his enormous collection of books, graphic novels and other memorabilia. “The beauty of it is that I wake up, I kiss the wife, I take the kids to school, I go up literally to `my house’ and I spend all morning there. I have lunch with [my family], spend the afternoon in my house and come back at night,” he told The Dominion Post. Hobbit director sets up his man cave
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Aaron sends in his latest vlog from New Zealand: Not much is happening to report here, but there is a snippet that might be of Interest. It’s about a Valley of Tolkien Names near the town of Karamea. Continue reading “New Zealand Vlog Post”
Trueogre sends along these scans from the latest issue of Empire Magazine, take look! Continue reading “Empire Magazine Talks Viggo, PJ & LOTR!”
Ataahua writes: At an aerodrome in Masterton, Peter Jackson tested new camera technology with the help of a life-size replica British bomber. “We are not shooting any scenes that are project specific; this is about just keeping up with technology and trying new things,” he said.
During my association with TheOneRing.net I have often felt very fortunate to know great people and be in great places. Sometimes I have been lucky enough to have my camera along.
Out of that vast TORn photo library that includes digital images, and old scratched negitives, I put a few images together with some music from Arjan Kiel, (with thanks to fan film ‘Born of Hope,’) to pay tribute to the whole community of TheOneRing.net.
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From The Southland Times: Aaron Nicholson should not be too disappointed that the New Zealand Geographic Board has rejected his suggestion to rename a stretch of the Waiau River to reflect its use as a location for the movie trilogy Lord of the Rings, writes The Southland Times in an editorial. After all, he has joined the vaunted company of Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws in questioning decisions of the board. And let’s be plain that his request was a longshot. At best. What’s in a name?