{"id":102896,"date":"2017-04-01T08:54:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=102896"},"modified":"2017-04-01T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T13:54:19","slug":"justin-bieber-plans-to-buy-into-new-zealand-and-middle-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2017\/04\/01\/102896-justin-bieber-plans-to-buy-into-new-zealand-and-middle-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber plans to buy into New Zealand – and Middle-earth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adding to the list of rich foreigners who are buying land in New Zealand is singing sensation Justin Bieber.\u00a0Fresh off a tour of NZ, during which he tweeted his love for the place<\/a>, the ultimate Bielieber has entered negotiations to buy a substantial tract of land at Glenorchy, near Queenstown.\u00a0The property includes various film sites from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, and is where many Lothlorien scenes were shot.<\/p>\n

“What the world doesn’t know is that Justin is a massive Lord of the Rings fan – but the movies only, not really the books which he’s never read,” says a source close to the singer.\u00a0“Although he knows about Tom Bombadil, he thinks he’s hilarious. He’s seen some Bombadil fan videos online and he wants to create his own, but using these woods that appeared in the films.<\/p>\n

“His plans are to build a replica of the horse-people hall and hold big Middle-earth parties exclusively for his friends – but he’ll likely want some local ring-ins as character props, so anyone who looks really hobbity will have a good shot at being invited.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bieber spent a few days in Queenstown after his\u00a0concert in Auckland before jetting off to South America to continue his Purpose World Tour. The source added: “I can say for a fact that he was overheard having\u00a0several phone conversations with\u00a0a\u00a0“PJ.” Whether that was ‘the’ Peter Jackson, I can’t really say.\u00a0I just know\u00a0the conversations definitely mentioned\u00a0Bombadil, something called the Sil-merryland, and roles of interest to JayBee.”<\/p>\n

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien will recognize that\u00a0the ‘Sil-merryland’ almost certainly refers to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, an epic\u00a0compilation of stories recounting, in part,\u00a0the struggle of the peoples of\u00a0Middle-earth against the dark lord Morgoth. “Getting the film rights was apparently going to be a major hurdle” said the source. “‘Impossible’ and ‘a real long shot’ were overheard quite often.” But apparently Justin hopes to\u00a0use his considerable influence to sweet-talk some of the members of the Tolkien family and Tolkien Estate who are huge fans, and devoted Bieliebers, to\u00a0release at least limited rights to some of the Silmarillion stories.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Regarding possible roles for Bieber, one can only guess. Given that his physique doesn’t lend itself to playing\u00a0the rotund Tom Bombadil, and Bombadil doesn’t appear in The Silmarillion anyway, fans can only speculate that it would have to refer to\u00a0some other major role. Given Justin’s rather elfin features, the roles of the heroic Fingolfin, or even the proud Feanor come to mind. The mention of “growing acceptance of gender neutrality trends” was reportedly also overheard by our source, so the roles of Luthien or Melian can’t be ruled out completely.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if the Queenstown land purchase goes ahead, the Mayor of Queenstown Lakes District has promised to name Bieber as an official inhabitant of Middle-earth.\u00a0“I’m sure I can get Peter Jackson down here to dub him with a replica of Anduril – the guy owes me a favour\u00a0for having to muck up\u00a0all the horse poo he left behind after filming the charge of the Rohirrim,” says the Mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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