Lord Of The Rings
'Very high-level talks' secure filming for Lord of the Rings
Amazon needed reassurance after the Christchurch terrorist attacks that New Zealand was still a safe place to film the world's most expensive television series.
Ian Nathan: twists and turns of Peter Jackson's journey to LOTR
A fascinating book by British film writer Ian Nathan, "Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson & the Making of Middle-Earth", tells the behind-the-scenes challenges to get Lord of the Rings and The… Audio
Andy Serkis: making the movie Breathe
Breathe is the story of British advocate for the disabled Robin Cavendish, who contracted polio in 1958, which left him paralysed from the neck down at 28, facing his final few months in hospital… Audio
Lord of the Rings TV series gets green light
Amazon has bought the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings for a series to premiere on its streaming service.
Lord of the Rings producer confident in govt's 'Hobbit law'
The Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne is warning a rewrite of the so-called Hobbit Law could mean big budget films due to be made in New Zealand will end up overseas. Mr Osborne is part of an… Audio
New Year Honours - Barrie Osborne ONZM
He's helped bring $500 million worth of films to this country, and counting, and for his services to the film industry, producer Barrie Osborne is now an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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The Legend of the Lord of the Rings
The variety of forms of fan mania that have evolved in response to Peter Jackson's films of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - with A.Prof Lorna Piatti-Farnell from the Popular Culture Research Centre… Audio
Mary's Middle Earth
The correspondence between J.R.R. Tolkien and British woman Mary Fairburn, which has been unearthed by Dr Paul Tankard from University of Otago's Department of English, regarding Tolkien's fondness… Audio
The Hobbit Guidebook
New Zealand's expert in all things Middle Earth, Ian Brodie, has written and illustrated The Hobbit location guidebook, which includes the Pelorus River site in Marlborough and several sites in the… Audio
Royd Tolkien
When Royd Tolkien was nine years old, he started reading a book that sat in the bookshelf at his family farm in Wales. That book was 'The Hobbit' and the boy is the great-grandson of its author JRR… Audio
Literary detective Dr. Paul Tankard
Long before Peter Jackson created his vision of Middle Earth on film, artist Mary Fairburn created her own pen and ink illustrations of Middle Earth. JRR Tolkien, who had always been against an… Audio
