From: Cathy
From where I live I can almost see between the walls (of the Helms Deep set). The walls have large walkways on top. At the moment the front wall has 3 of the large ladders against it.
Filming was taking place on the top of the back wall last night. It had 1 ladder against it placed on the inside (between the walls) and the camera and lights were at the back. On the right side of the back wall there was a large flame buring and 2 smaller ones on the front wall. Between the walls towards the back there appeared to be a large fire burning at times and they were producing lots of smoke from the fire and from a large cylinder thing(have no idea what this was….maybe dry ice?).
There was a lot of fighting going on with large swords which appeared to be a silver colour. Some of the cast had arrows in a holder on their back and metal head pieces.(Boy do I wish I had stronger binoculars to get more detail)
There is still a lot of building going on on the bottom wall (there are 4 in total)
Will keep you posted as I see anything exciting.
Images: Some Spy pics from Helms Deep as well as Hobbiton.
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We’ve received a report that the set for Hobbiton has been finished with, and burned to the ground. Apparently the burning was captured on film.
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Click here for more of this..whatever it is
This is the caption that goes along with the article:
Light’s, camera, action . . . send in the hobbits
Cast and crew from The Lord of the Rings get filming under way at Breaker Bay Beach, near Wellington. Intrigued bystanders were left guessing which part of the J. R. Tolkien saga the filming was dealing with. The actors were not hobbits, one onlooker said. “But they don’t look like elves . . . no pointed ears.” No-one would say what part of the saga was being filmed.
What’s wrong with this picture? Well, first off, It’s got NOTHING to do with LOTR. Who is this rather young blonde person with this staff? who knows, and the priest like figures in robes, no idea. That’s why I think it must be something to do with ‘Cleopatra 2525’ or something the like, if I’m wrong, I’m wrong. What do you folks think?
Here is a list of a couple of projects filmed or filming in NZ right now. There is more going on than LOTR. [List]
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Xoanon here, sometimes I just get plain lucky, here I was, sitting by my computer when that wormhole opened up again! This time I heard a sweet elven voice, she told me many things that I cannot repeat, but she did tell me about the swords and armour/shields that will be used in LOTR.
The voice called to me, and she said ‘the swords were covered in sheets of 20 carat gold! There will be elven writings and designs etched onto them’.
She said ‘the extra’s swords were made of some sort of aluminium from Australia…apparently it’s quite strong and looks real authentic’.
Unfortunately the wormhole closed, but not before promising me more goodies!
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From: Leo
I thought you might be interested to know the following: a few days ago I went past the area in which they plan on filming ( in the Tongariro National Park, at the Tukino Skifields ), and I took some pictures of the area. I think there are two options on what they are gonna shoot: a: which is the more likely because they are planning on shooting this autumn, it’s Mordor. or b: which it could well be, it’s Hollin and the gates of Moria.
What made me think this: the area before the skifields is a barren land with a lot of low vegetation, plants etc. And at some points there are some small streams flowing through, which could well be the ones from the gates.
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