One man remained in hospital for observation and was expected to be released in the next few hours, while the other had returned to work, The Hobbit unit publicist Ceris Price said:
The incident happened in one of the workshops when “a couple of the guys” were drilling a statue, Ms Price said earlier today.
The pair were left with “mild burns but nothing serious” and were taken to hospital as a precaution, she said.
“One of them had some burnt nostril hairs and, apparently if that’s the case, there is always the risk of inhalation so they get checked out.”
She said calling the incident an explosion was a “slight overstatement” and no fire was caused by the incident.
[TV3]
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Following up yesterday’s story, here is TVOne’s coverage of the fire at Weta Workshop’s Stone St Studio facility in Miramar Wellington. [View on YouTube] [TVOne]
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Here’s some local coverage of a global telethon raising funds for the New Zealand Government’s Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. The cast and crew of The Hobbit are involved, and we encourage you to be as well. [Donate]
The videos below feature an Interview with Ian Mckellen, comments from Peter Jackson, and some fun dwarfish antics! Enjoy!
Continue reading “Rise Up Christchurch Appeal – Peter Jackson and Cast of The Hobbit Show Support”
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As reported yesterday from Peter Jackson himself, Stephen Fry has been cast as The Master of Laketown. Here’s a video clip of the local coverage from TVNZ. [[TVNZ]][Video Link]
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Navigating around the Hollywood press-release protocol, Peter Jackson announced via Facebook that he has cast Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown. From Jackson’s comments it sounds like he and Fry are still working on the “Dambusters” film. “In addition to his writing skills, he’s a terrific actor and will create a very memorable “Master” for us.”
He also announces, “The Master’s conniving civil servant, Alfrid will be played by Ryan Gage.” And, in the “biggest” casting announcement so far (or probably ever) Conan Stevens, a mountain of a man who plays “The Mountain that Rides,” in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” series, will play an orc named Dennis Azog. He was of course the starter of the war between the goblins (orcs) and dwarves and lived in Moria. By casting Stevens, a giant stunt actor, it probably means we can absolutely count on background in the conflict between dwarves and orcs so that by the time the action at The Lonely Mountain comes, we will know and feel the long history of hatred between the races. (On a personal note, this enters into my wildest dreams territory!) You can read the whole of Jackson’s Facebook update right here. He also details the shooting schedule which is pretty insightful.
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All right ringers, I told you a couple weeks ago, when profiling Weta Workshop, that the most impressive environment was going to be justaround the corner. Well, we’ve rounded the corner, and Rivendell is ready to be pre-ordered. If there was ever a must have environment this would be it!
Rivendell, the home of Elrond Half-Elven was found in 1697 of the second age where all the light of Middle Earth could go to have counsel during the darkness brought on by Sauron. Many of the most important characters of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings would take refuge here to rest their weary minds and bodies. Then in 2001 Sir Peter Jackson and the amazing crew at Weta brought this critical place in Middle Earth to life. Follow the break for more images and details! Continue reading “Weta’s Rivendell Environment Pre-Order Open Now! 300 Piece Limited Run”
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