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April 9, 2013

Cast discuss the darkness of ‘Desolation of Smaug’

TORn staffer Saystine found us another great interview video from Yahoo! Movies UK in which Hobbit...

By Rasputin The Evil Balrog
in Andy Serkis, Bilbo Baggins, Cast Q&A, Character Q&A, Crew News, desolation of smaug, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Hobbit Movie FAQ, Hobbit Movie Rumors, James Nesbitt, Lord of the Rings, Press Conferences, Production, Production Q&A, Richard Armitage, Rumours Spy News, The Hobbit, Thorin
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March 19, 2013

Motion control operator brings his camera tricks to The Hobbit

In an interview with lansingstatejournal.com, visual effects motion control operator Paul Maple...

By linuxelf
in Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, motion control operator, paul maple, Production, The Hobbit, visual effects
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March 12, 2013

FINAL DAY for Special Alan Lee John Howe Charity eBay Auction

John Howe, legendary Tolkien artist and conceptual designer for THE HOBBIT and LOTR Trilogies,...

By Cliff Quickbeam Broadway
in Alan Lee, Artwork, Collectibles, Crew News, Fans, John Howe, Miscellaneous, Other Merchandise, TheOneRing.net Community
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March 8, 2013

Fictional Frontiers shares video of The One Expected Party

Fictional Frontiers, a radio show specializing in genre entertainment and located on the east coast...

By MrCere
in Chris Hennah, Crew News, Dan Hennah, Events, Fans, Georgia Allen, Hobbit Movie, Jody Genessy, Joe Letteri, Oscar Parties, Simon Bright, tami Lane, The Hobbit, The One Expected Party
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March 7, 2013

Linguist David Salo now blogging at Midgardsmal

David Salo who you may know from his work as a linguist, language constructor and translator for...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, David Salo, Fellowship of the Ring, Hobbit Movie, Languages, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Other Tolkien books, Return of the King, Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Two Towers, Tolkien
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February 20, 2013

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ leads Saturn Awards with 9 nominations

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is leading this years Saturn Awards with...

By linuxelf
in Crew News, Director news, Events, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Other Events, Peter Jackson, Production, Saturn Awards, Studios, The Hobbit
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February 8, 2013

Unexpected nomination puts make-up artist in Oscar’s sights

When it comes to award ceremonies, Rick Findlater is usually back at a hotel making stars look...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, Events, Hobbit Movie, Oscar Parties, Production, The Hobbit
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January 15, 2013

“Hobbit: AUJ” Oscar Noms Excitement on TORn TUESDAY Live Webcast

Greetings all — as the Golden Globes have upset the table of this year’s Awards season...

By Cliff Quickbeam Broadway
in Barlimans, Crew News, Events, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Joe Letteri, Miscellaneous, Oscar Parties, Other Crew, Production, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit, TORn TUESDAYS Live!
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January 10, 2013

Very Happy Birthday to Fran Walsh!

With the delightful news of fresh Oscar nominations for THE HOBBIT: AUJ this morning — we...

By Cliff Quickbeam Broadway
in Crew News, Fran Walsh, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, LotR Movies
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December 31, 2012

Breaking News: LOTR Oscar-winning Sound Editor Mike Hopkins Dead at 53

On a day usually marked by celebrations, we are very sad to report the untimely death of our Kiwi...

By Cliff Quickbeam Broadway
in Crew News, Headlines, Lord of the Rings, LotR Production, Miscellaneous, Movie The Two Towers, Oscar Parties, Other Crew, Other production, Production
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December 28, 2012

TORn Christmas Exclusive: Interview With Hilary Summers

Christmas brings to mind the timeless, poignant image of a mother cradling her newborn child. At...

By Earl
in Crew News, Fellowship of the Ring, Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, LotR Production, Music, Production, The Two Towers
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December 22, 2012

Weta Digital Joe Letteri: 48 FPS Enhances 3-D, But ‘It’s A Choice’

Talking to Shawn Adler from movieline.com, Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri talks...

By linuxelf
in Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Joe Letteri, Production, Production Q&A, The Hobbit, WETA Digital
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December 4, 2012

Sad news – Visual Effects Producer Eileen Moran dies in New Zealand

In amongst all the excitement and celebration of the new Hobbit movie, tonight the very sad news...

By greendragon
in Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, LotR Production, Production, The Hobbit, WETA Digital
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December 2, 2012

Tireless artist sculpts staffs of legend

Ringer Paul sends us this article from the November 29 edition of The Christchurch Mail about the...

By Demosthenes
in Anneke Bester, Crew News, gandalf staff, Hobbit Movie, Production, sculptor, The Hobbit
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December 2, 2012

L.A. Times: Interview with Hobbit Costume Designer Ann Maskrey

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” features at least 13 dwarves, a hobbit lead and a...

By Cliff Quickbeam Broadway
in Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Other Crew, Production, The Hobbit
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December 2, 2012

Video: see mastersmith Peter Lyon’s Hobbit weapons

In this neat little video, Channel 7 Australia’s James Tobin chats with master swordsmith...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Production, The Hobbit
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November 25, 2012

Breaking news: The Hobbit is complete!

The post-production people working feverishly on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have been...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Production, The Hobbit
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November 22, 2012

Weta Workshop always give credit where credit is due!

We received a message from Weta Workshop saying that Richard Taylor would like to set the record...

By greendragon
in Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Production, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit, WETA Workshop
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November 19, 2012

Animal wranglers say farm was unsuitable for horses

At the beginning of August, TheOneRing.net reported on allegations by a former animal wrangler that...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Production, Studios, Warner Bros.
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November 15, 2012

Rare animals praised for acting up for The Hobbit

Christchurch’s own Nellie the cow could join the likes of Lassie, Flipper and Skippy when she...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Production
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November 13, 2012

Music Score & Song Madness on Our Live Webcast TORn TUESDAY

There’s all kinds of road music for all kinds of road trips…. and now we have been...

By Cliff Quickbeam Broadway
in Barlimans, Crew News, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Howard Shore, Merchandise, Music, Production, Shop, The Hobbit, TORn TUESDAYS Live!
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November 1, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey soundtrack

News is out on the internet about Howard Shore’s upcoming soundtrack for the first of Peter...

By greendragon
in Calendar, Crew News, Hobbit Movie, Howard Shore, Merchandise, Music, Production, The Hobbit
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October 25, 2012

Gollum swoops into Wellington Airport

A tired but jubilant Weta crew unveiled their new Gollum statue at a press function at Wellington...

By Tehanu
in Crew News, Director news, Events, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, LotR Movies, Peter Jackson, Production, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit
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September 14, 2012

Wellington is preparing a big welcome to the world for Hobbit Premiere

In just about 2 months from now, travelers from around the world will descend upon Wellington to...

By Garfeimao
in Crew News, Events, Fans, Film Screenings, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Premieres, Production, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit, WETA Workshop
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September 9, 2012

Report: Alan Lee and John Howe at the Weta Cave

Ringer Maya sends us this report from today’s signing at the Weta Cave. The queues were...

By Demosthenes
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July 28, 2012

Hobbit stand-in tweets that all pickups are done!

Dean Knowsley, one of the stand-in actors on The Hobbit production just tweeted that the production...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Production
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July 26, 2012

Researching THE FRODO FRANCHISE: Part 1, Off to Wellington without a Handkerchief

[Part 1 in a series from The Frodo Franchise Author Kristin Thompson] Me and My Book I’m a film...

By kristin
in Barrie Osborne, Crew News, Director news, Hobbit Cast News, Ian McKellen, LotR Movies, New Line Cinema, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, Production, Studios
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July 23, 2012

‘Hobbit’ Vlog #8 unleashed — and it is kinda awesome

Peter Jackson and company swooped into Comic-Con and unleashed some footage for the ravenous fans...

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July 21, 2012

Theme from The Lord of the Rings Featured in ‘Man of Steel’ Teasers

For those attending viewings of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ this weekend, you may find...

By newsfrombree
in Crew News, Events, Fans, Film Screenings, Hobbit Movie, Howard Shore, Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Music, Production, Studios, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, Warner Bros.
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July 20, 2012

Reeve and Broadmore signings at the Weta Cave

Ringer Morgan tells us that Daniel Reeve the calligrapher and mapmaker from The Lord of the Rings...

By Demosthenes
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June 11, 2012

TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – June 11 2012

Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen...

By grammaboodawg
in Creations, Crew News, Director news, Fans, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, Peter Jackson, Production, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, TORn Discussion Board Weekly Roundup, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop
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May 29, 2012

Live on TORn TUESDAY Today: Quickbeam’s Grand Tour of NZ and Hobbit Set!

THERE AND BACK: today on our *Live* webcast TORn TUESDAY, our intrepid host Clifford...

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April 9, 2012

Q&A with Weta master swordsmith Peter Lyon

WETA master swordsmith Peter Lyon answers some commonly — and uncommonly — asked...

By Demosthenes
in Crew News, Production, Production Q&A, swordsmithing
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March 31, 2012

Smaug the Golden?

Remember The Hobbit production vlog #2 that came out back in July 2011? Well, we’ve watched...

By Earl
in Characters, Crew News, Director news, Hobbit Movie, John Howe, Peter Jackson, Production, The Hobbit
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March 27, 2012

TORn TUESDAY Reveals Details & Secrets of PJ’s Video Diary!

Join us LIVE at 5pm PDT tonight as TORn TUESDAY host Clifford Broadway, aka Quickbeam, and producer...

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March 27, 2012

TORn TUESDAY Reveals Details & Secrets of PJ’s Video Diary!

Join us LIVE at 5pm PDT tonight as TORn TUESDAY host Clifford Broadway, aka Quickbeam, and producer...

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January 5, 2012

Bob Anderson Statement from Peter Jackson

This statement from Peter Jackson on the passing of Bob Anderson was sent to us a few days ago,...

By xoanon
in Crew News, Peter Jackson, Production
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