The marketing machine behind the Hobbit premier in Wellington is kicking into high gear and today a new sculpture was unveiled on the front of the Embassy Theatre. Gandalf now proudly stands in front of a certain hobbits home, tapping on his door and awaiting a reply. There is also a new hobbit themed baggage […]
The Hobbit is coming…
Wellington is gearing up for the World premier of the first Hobbit movie. Screening at the Embassy (and a number of other cinemas to cater for the large number of important people, media and other invited guests) in less than two weeks there will be a long red carpet and hopefully good weather. Around the […]
Ian McKellen at the Opera House
On Saturday night Keryn and I along with Catherine and Paul attended a show at the Opera House in Wellington. Sir Ian McKellen was performing a one-man show with proceeds in aid of the restoration of the quake-damaged Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch. We had dinner nearby and arrived early enough to get to our […]
Smaug the Golden
Smaug the Golden is the first in a range of statues being produced by Weta based on the artwork of John Howe, this particular piece coming from illustrations for the Hobbit. I quite enjoyed getting the large box home and then unpacking the statue. We have a small problem in that we don’t really have […]
Back to the Weta Cave
I’ve been working a fair bit of overtime the last couple of weeks which is not conductive to getting out and about. We did manage to squeeze in a visit to the Weta Cave this weekend just gone to attend a book signing by John Howe. John is in Wellington working on the forthcoming Hobbit […]