{"id":21521,"date":"2000-01-12T09:02:13","date_gmt":"2000-01-12T15:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2000\/01\/12\/media-watch-the-evening-post-3\/"},"modified":"2000-01-12T09:02:13","modified_gmt":"2000-01-12T15:02:13","slug":"media-watch-the-evening-post-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2000\/01\/12\/21521-media-watch-the-evening-post-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Watch: The Evening Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: The Evening Post
By: Simon Beattie<\/p>\n

Movie Gandalf Flies In<\/b><\/p>\n

Gandalf the Wizard flew into Middle earth this week without and fanfare or fireworks.<\/p>\n

British actor Sir Ian McKellen, 61, arrived in Wellington over the weekend to take up one of the plum roles in Peter Jackson’s $360 million moive trilogy The Lord of the Rings. <\/p>\n

Filming on the project, whick wrapped up in Queenstown and Wanaka just before Christmas, is set to resume next week in Wellington and Waikato.<\/p>\n

Producer Barrie Osborne said Sir Ian was getting settled in and preparing for his role by working with makeup artists and wardrobe fitters.<\/i><\/p>\n

The remainder of the article goes on to describe Sir Ian’s career on stage and screen.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Kevin R<\/i> for the tip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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