{"id":49347,"date":"2011-10-24T16:01:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T21:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=49347"},"modified":"2011-10-24T17:29:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T22:29:29","slug":"hobbit-journey-starts-in-matamata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/10\/24\/49347-hobbit-journey-starts-in-matamata\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbit journey starts in Matamata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Film crews are now at <em>Matamata&#8217;s Hobbiton<\/em> film set as location shooting on <em>Peter Jackson&#8217;s<\/em> two-part fantasy epic <em>The Hobbit<\/em> begins in earnest \u2013 and the movie&#8217;s stars might not be far away.<\/p>\n<p>One of two convoys laden with film gear arrived in <em>Matamata&#8217;s <a 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/10\/24\/49347-hobbit-journey-starts-in-matamata\/hobbit-journey-starts-in-matamata_small4\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hobbit-journey-starts-in-Matamata_small4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>While production company <em>3 Foot 7<\/em> retains a tighter grip on information than <em>Gollum<\/em> on a certain ring, one nearby resident who declined to be named said the convoy started arriving on Saturday afternoon. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He estimated about 50 trucks and smaller vehicles towing caravans and a mobile generator wound their way up <em>Buckland Rd<\/em> and onto the film set over 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/entertainment\/film\/5844408\/Hobbit-journey-starts-in-Matamata\">Read More<\/a> at stuff.co.nz. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film crews are now at Matamata&#8217;s Hobbiton film set as location shooting on Peter Jackson&#8217;s two-part fantasy 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