{"id":36193,"date":"2010-04-14T13:44:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=36193"},"modified":"2010-04-14T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T18:44:10","slug":"wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Wellywood&#8221; Sign Idea Baffles McKellen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-36194\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/wellywoodsign1\/\"><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-36199\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/wellywoodsign1-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36199 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WellywoodSign11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign.\u00a0 Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport&#8217;s effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that would be a very odd sign to put up,&#8221; he told The Dominion Post from London yesterday.\u00a0 &#8220;It isn&#8217;t like New Zealand film-makers want to be like the American film industry \u2013 they absolutely don&#8217;t,&#8221; he said. Wellington was &#8220;stuffed with people who don&#8217;t want to work in Hollywood&#8221;.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/dominion-post\/local\/3583467\/Wizard-not-enchanted-by-Wellywood\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign.\u00a0 Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport&#039;s effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. &quot;I think that would be a very odd sign to\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"DiveTwin\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"miscellaneous\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport&#039;s effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. &quot;I think that would be a very odd sign to\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3474\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3121\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-04-14T18:44:08+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-04-14T18:44:10+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport&#039;s effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. &quot;I think that would be a very odd sign to\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"\\u201cWellywood\\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen\",\"headline\":\"&#8220;Wellywood&#8221; Sign Idea Baffles McKellen\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/divetwin\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/WellywoodSign11.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":141,\"height\":130},\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-14T13:44:08-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-04-14T13:44:10-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Miscellaneous\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/miscellaneous\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Miscellaneous\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/miscellaneous\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Miscellaneous\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/miscellaneous\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"&#8220;Wellywood&#8221; Sign Idea Baffles McKellen\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"&#8220;Wellywood&#8221; Sign Idea Baffles McKellen\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/miscellaneous\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Miscellaneous\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The One Ring.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/TORN-25-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":3474,\"height\":3121},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/divetwin\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/divetwin\\\/\",\"name\":\"DiveTwin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/872b097a929572369b144daad65fd44739d7750ca6bb22086226fbb93a077f46?s=96&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"DiveTwin\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/\",\"name\":\"\\u201cWellywood\\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen\",\"description\":\"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport's effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. \\\"I think that would be a very odd sign to\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/14\\\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/divetwin\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/divetwin\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-14T13:44:08-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-04-14T13:44:10-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen","description":"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport's effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. \"I think that would be a very odd sign to","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"miscellaneous","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#article","name":"\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen","headline":"&#8220;Wellywood&#8221; Sign Idea Baffles McKellen","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/divetwin\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WellywoodSign11.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#articleImage","width":141,"height":130},"datePublished":"2010-04-14T13:44:08-05:00","dateModified":"2010-04-14T13:44:10-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Miscellaneous"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/miscellaneous\/#listItem","name":"Miscellaneous"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/miscellaneous\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Miscellaneous","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/miscellaneous\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#listItem","name":"&#8220;Wellywood&#8221; Sign Idea Baffles McKellen"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"&#8220;Wellywood&#8221; Sign Idea Baffles McKellen","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/miscellaneous\/#listItem","name":"Miscellaneous"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization","name":"The One Ring.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#organizationLogo","width":3474,"height":3121},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/x.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/instagram.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/youtube.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/divetwin\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/divetwin\/","name":"DiveTwin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/872b097a929572369b144daad65fd44739d7750ca6bb22086226fbb93a077f46?s=96&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"DiveTwin"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/","name":"\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen","description":"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport's effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. \"I think that would be a very odd sign to","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/divetwin\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/divetwin\/#author"},"datePublished":"2010-04-14T13:44:08-05:00","dateModified":"2010-04-14T13:44:10-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","name":"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","og:type":"article","og:title":"\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen","og:description":"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport's effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. &quot;I think that would be a very odd sign to","og:url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/14\/36193-wellywood-sign-idea-baffles-mckellen\/","og:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:width":3474,"og:image:height":3121,"article:published_time":"2010-04-14T18:44:08+00:00","article:modified_time":"2010-04-14T18:44:10+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@theoneringnet","twitter:title":"\u201cWellywood\u201d Sign Idea Baffles McKellen","twitter:description":"Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport's effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version. &quot;I think that would be a very odd sign to","twitter:creator":"@theoneringnet","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"36193","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-05-16 16:52:21","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-28 15:25:19","updated":"2026-05-16 16:52:21","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-9pL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}