Tag: gollum
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Giant Gollum Comes to Wellington, New Zealand
Weta Workshop, Peter Jackson’s design company, has installed a suspended 42 foot long and 10 foot high Gollum sculpture in the main terminal at the Wellington, New Zealand airport. Frugal Kiwi’s Melanie McMinn brings us the video.
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The Hobbit (Finally) Begins Filming in New Zealand
After years of financial difficulties, director changes, disputes over distribution rights, Actors Equity lawsuits, Peter Jackson’s hospitalization in February for an ulcer, and every other setback you can think of, J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ finally started filming this week in Wellington, New Zealand. Whew! At this point, you have to think that everyone involved is…