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The Text below the pic reads: Battle Station: A fortress believed to be a set for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, takes shape in a quarry on Haywards Hill, near Lower Hutt.<\/p>\n
The set, visible from State Highway 2, could be for scenes involving a battle at Helm’s Deep. A minuature of the fortress has also been built for Peter Jackson’s $360 million trilogy.<\/p>\n
Filming is being spread among Wellington, Queenstown, and other areas including Waikato.<\/p>\n
Producer Tim Sanders said he could not confirm details about the sets and filming locations.<\/p>\n
A multiple-crew setup allowed scenes to be shot in more than one place simultaneously. Filming was on schedule for completion by December.<\/i><\/p>\n
Thanks to Kevin R<\/i> for the tip!<\/p>\n
This is a cool Spy Report from Rotunda<\/b>:<\/p>\n
I just had the opportunity to drive past the Helms Deep set.<\/p>\n
Man, it’s come a long way from when I first scouted it out (way back in September). As far as I can tell there are 3 tiers of walls. The first one was kinda obscured by a hill, so I couldn’t really see much of it. The second one was the most impressive, you could see the entire thing from the motorway (and I’m sure many a driver has almost colided with another car due to staring at the set!).<\/p>\n
It appears to look like a wall has been built into the rocky surface, and then the rocky surface gives way to about 5 “holes in the walls”, otherwise known as caves. This will probably be the holes that the “reserves” will appear out of. All of this is a rather dull black colour, not unlike the look of scorched rocks.<\/p>\n
This tier is about 10 meters (30 feet) away and above the first tier, and is accessable via a dirt path (which
I think was created by vehicles going to and from the different levels). I don’t think this path will be shown in the movie, opting instead to show access via the afore mentioned “cave” route.<\/p>\n
Above the second tier, the third tier, on angle to the first two, so that I could only see the side of it, with
the “rocky” side of it facing the rotunda.<\/p>\n
The rotunda is a very large set piece.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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