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Wellington is set to reap a windfall to match all of Bilbo Baggins’ riches, thanks to Peter Jackson’s new Hobbit movie deal. Read more…

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Peter Jackson has won the battle for Middle-earth and is to make The Hobbit. Read more…

Current Mood: bouncy & chipper & drained

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More than 1900 people have signed an online petition demanding Peter Jackson be reinstated to film Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit after he was dumped by movie studio New Line Cinema earlier this week.

The petition demands Jackson be reinstated and says New Line's decision is "not fair to the loyal Rings fans around the world". Read more…

I totally can’t wait to go see this

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Te Papa expects thousands of people to return to Middle-earth when the museum opens an expanded and revamped Lord of the Rings exhibition. Read more…

While I was searching for some stuff on Wellington, I found this web page:

http://www.wellingtonnz.com/cam/archives/

It has streaming video and pictures to all the LOTR premiers held here in Wellington! Cool stuff huh?!

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Lord of the Rings model maker James Bryson, who won a landmark court case that ruled he was an employee and not a self-employed contractor, has been awarded costs of $38,000 by the Supreme Court.
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King Kong’s fur length is still to be decided, film-maker Peter Jackson says.

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I’ve got mine!

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Guiding Lord of the Rings fans to their favourite spots in New Zealand where the three movies were made is producing a very satisfying feeling for Wanaka author, Ian Brodie.

Mr Brodie’s Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook, is looking like becoming one of the country’s best selling books.

The latest edition took the published total to 275,000 with many sold to overseas tourists who want to visit at least some of the 100 locations in New Zealand where Peter Jackson made the three block-busting movies in the trilogy.

“It’s bloody scary isn’t it,” said Mr Brodie who expected to sell about 10,000 copies when it was first published in 2002.

The location book has been followed by a coffee table book on the Lord of the Rings and Mr Brodie will publish another book later this year on the process of making a movie.

The book, Cameras on Narnia, features scenes from the movie of C S Lewis’ the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to illustrate his guide of the various roles and processes which go into making a movie.

The book will be aimed at students and teenagers although publisher Harper Collins said it would have widespread appeal because of the movie and would sell to an international audience.

Mr Brodie said the Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook was still in the list of top sellers and would continue to be published while there was a demand.

Most sales were to overseas tourists, many of whom came to New Zealand to see the countryside and landscape they first saw in the movies.

“It was a fun thing to do for me as a Lord of the Rings fan,” said Mr Brodie who had a small role as a Gondorian bread salesman in the third of the three movies, The Return of the King.

“It is selling now just as much as ever, not to New Zealanders but to people overseas coming into New Zealand,” he said.

The guidebook is on the list of top selling books which include Alison Holst’s Marvellous Muffins, Michael King’s History of New Zealand and the Edmonds Cookery Book.

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Wellington film-maker Fran Walsh now has a Grammy to keep her three Oscar statuettes company.

Walsh shared a Grammy with composer Howard Shore and singer Annie Lennox for the song Into the West from Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King.

The trio scooped the award for the best song written for a motion picture, television or other visual media at the top American music awards show in Los Angeles last night.

Walsh was not at the ceremony. As co-writer and co-producer of King Kong, she is required for filming in Wellington.

Shore also won a Grammy for best soundtrack score for a film, television or other visual media category for The Return of the King.

Kiwi band Steriogram, nominated in the best music video category, lost out to U2. New Zealand composer Alan Broadbent, nominated for the best jazz instrumental solo, dipped out to Herbie Hancock.