10 Hobbit Filming Locations You Can’t Miss!

by Jasmine

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Posted on 30-05-2021 05:18 PM

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New zealand is one of my favourite destinations, and the premiere of the first part of the new hobbit trilogy is the perfect excuse to go back to the land of jaw-dropping backdrops and fantastical landscapes. To find the perfect locations, five helicopters went out to comb the islands, apocalypse now style. As a result, some of the selected spots are a bit out of reach for the common tourist, but also of difficult access for all the equipment and crew required for such a large production.

Explore the north island and visit each hobbit filming location.

One of the most magical locations in the hobbit: an unexpected journey; earnslaw burn is a glacier that has created a number of cascading waterfalls that tumble down a huge rock face. Here, bilbo and the company are filmed continuing on their quest after departing rivendell. The earnslaw burn track(opens in new window) - beginning in glenorchy - is a challenging 4-hour hike that rewards with spectacular views at the head of the valley over the glacier and beyond.

Thanks to sir peter jackson’s epic films, new zealand is known the world over as the closest thing in real life to j. R. R. Tolkien’s middle-earth. The sheer number of locations used during shooting for the six epic films is enough to confuse anyone, and the task of finding the best ones – many of which are in remote areas – can be daunting. So, we’ve put together a map and guide that should help you discover the best lord of the rings and the hobbit filming locations to visit in new zealand — including a kayaking experience that fans of the hobbit can’t miss !.

The hobbiton village from the movie the “lord of the rings” and the movie “the hobbit” is located in the shire, which is the homeland of hobbits. The owners did not tear down the hobbiton movie set after the filming of both movies. Instead, they turned it into a theme park which you can visit in new zealand. To find the exact filming location of hobbiton read on or click on the map pointer in the image section above.

Locations for the hobbit are, like its predecessors, the lord of the rings trilogy, scattered around the two islands of new zealand. Shot as two films, back-to-back, with a little additional footage, the saga was finally divided into a trilogy. Much of the filming is in the area of queenstown, on new zealand ’s south island.

The Hobbit Trilogy filming locations

We think it’s pretty safe to say that every man and his dog knows that new zealand, for all intents and purposes, is middle-earth. It’s varied, beautiful, rugged and simply breathtaking scenery is as close to the land tolkien must have imagined as is possible. Here is our guide to visiting the locations from peter jackson’s second trilogy, the hobbit.

Next on our list of the best hobbit locations to visit is a kayaking trip! in the hobbit: the desolation of smaug, the epic scene where the dwarves plummet down the river in barrels was filmed down pelorus river in marlborough. You can take an epic kayaking tour to the exact filming location (more info on viator and tripadvisor ) or get the idea of it safely from the river banks of the pelorus bridge scenic reserve !.

Where did the hobbit trilogy go wrong? peter jackson's the lord of the rings movies were very obviously a labor of love. Meticulously developed over a number of years, peter jackson carried the acorn of adapting tolkien's magnum opus into live-action cinema through many hardships and navigated the challenge of selling such an ambitious project to the business brains of the industry. With the backing of new line, jackson assembled a cast that would soon etch their names into the annals of film and utilized cutting-edge filming techniques to craft a trilogy befitting in scale of tolkien's original books.

Just west of pelorus river, there are several film locations from the lord of the rings trilogy and the hobbit: an unexpected journey in the nelson tasman region. Takaka hill and abel tasman national park were used for scenes depicting chetwood forest in the lord of the rings, and reid helicopter tours offers scenic flights to mt olympus (south of rivendell) and mt owen (dimrill dale).

So, now we know that producers decided to film the entire hobbit trilogy in new zealand. But where in new zealand did they shoot? well, we’ll start with one of the most recognizable locations in the movie, hobbiton ! a really cool fact is that you can actually go and visit hobbiton because it is a real place! hobbiton is located near matamata and, after building, producers decided to leave the set, up and running, to use it as a tourist attraction.

I saw this movie in the theater when it first came out i had seen the lotr trilogy. My impression then was that peter jackson had kind of gotten stuck in a groove and was reluctant to let it go. Since that time, i have learned of some disturbing information which makes any further rewatching of the hobbit impossible for me, namely, the reports of animal cruelty which occurred during filming. As i understand it 27 animals died during the shoot. So much for the "no animals were harmed" disclaimer. One pony broke its back and was not found until the following day when it was blessedly dispatched. Another horse drowned and was found with its face in the river. Due to overcrowding in the horse pens, several horses were lacerated on sharp wire resulting in torn flesh and exposed muscles. Chickens were mauled by unsupervised dogs. Mr. Jackson was advised of these occurrences but denied them and did nothing. I guess fancy special effects had become more important than care of the animals who made him so much money. I am sure that not everyone would decline to watch a movie due to unpleasant events behind the scenes, but all i could think about was animal suffering. Jmo.

So You Call Yourself a Hobbit Fan?

Interestingly, thranduil is never referred to by name in the hobbit book, but is simply called "the elvenking". However, there's an even bigger difference between the text and the movie and that's thranduil's burned face that he appears to hide with magic or some kind of glamor. Related: the hobbit: 10 things fans should know about the great goblin.

More About The Hobbit in New Zealand

Tour hobbiton fans of the hobbit can see the film set before the film adaptation, the hobbit: an unexpected journey, hits the big screen on 14 december 2012 in the uk. New zealand's rugged scenery was the location for much of the lord of the rings trilogy and the hobbit films, but it was a 1,250 acre working sheep farm on north island that became hobbiton, the home of the hobbit funny little things the hobbit gift the hobbit beer mug s in jrr tolkien's fantasy land, middle earth.

Well the short answer to the question is yes! after much debating and battling with various authorities, filming for the hobbit finally got underway back in new zealand. For months there had been speculation about the film being shot elsewhere, places such as scotland, romania, ireland and even canada were mentioned. But fans were keen on a return to the place where the lord of the rings was filmed and so was peter jackson.

Sydney — filming on peter jackson’s long-awaited adaptation of j. R. R. Tolkien’s the hobbit gets under way monday in wellington, new zealand, with everyone involved “raring to go,” jackson’s assistant matt dravitski told new zealand media. The start of filming on the two $500 million hobbit films — prequels to the lord of the rings — comes after setbacks that have included disputes over distribution rights to the films; financial difficulties of studios mgm and new line; the departure of guillermo del toro as director; industrial action brought about by n. Z. Actros equity, which threatened to move the shoot from new zealand; and jackson’s hospitalization in february for a perforated stomach ulcer.

New zealand’s hugely popular hobbit attraction, hobbiton is an outdoor movie set. The rolling green hills of the waikato region makes the farm that is still a working farm today the perfect location for the hobbit village. A guided tour of the film set gives visitors behind-the-scenes stories, a drink in the green dragon, and many photo opportunities!.

Australasia today marks 80 years since the publication of the hobbit. The epic novel by j. R. R. Tolkien makes us wistful for middle earth's colossal mountain ranges, mythical forests and untamed rivers. Here we highlight the dramatic landscapes that stole the show in the hobbit and the lord of the rings film series, based on the book, and put new zealand on everyone's travel bucket list.

The second block of shooting in new zealand began at the end of august and was completed in december 2011. It included a concentrated period of location shooting, including hobbiton, an early version of the entrance to mirkwood, wilderland and the desolation of the dragon. The elves started shooting in this block. Jackson, walsh and boyens had considered pushing tauriel's love story further, shooting a version of her meeting with kili that had a stonger sense of "immediate, unexplainable chemistry" and even had them kiss on the lakeshore just before legolas intervened, but with input from lilly it was decided to tone these aspects of the love story down.

The Hobbit Location Guide

"well worth the visit to this hobbit film location. Your guide is very knowledgeable and brings the scenes to life. You are not rushed and only small groups go out, only 5 people on our tour. Well worth including this incredible, scenic site in your itinerary. " - jeff butler "exceeded expectation with some unadvertised surprises. Very personable guide filled with the kind of anecdotes a tolkien fan appreciates. Even if you've never seen the movies, the scenery is spectacular and surprising in its diversity. " - richard cadena.

Where was The Hobbit filmed? Unexpected Filming Locations

Breaking with conventional filming techniques, the hobbit: an unexpected journey, the hobbit: the desolation of smaug, and the hobbit: the battle of the five armies are being filmed by capturing 48 frames per second (fps), twice the normal film standard of 24 frames per second. When describing what people thought when they saw clips of the hobbit shown at 48 frames per second, peter jackson said that it's 'like the back of the cinema has had a hole cut out of it where the screen is and you're actually looking into the real world'.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2012

The bad news is, there is no video presentation of footage from the hobbit in the offing at comic con this week. I’m not sure that anyone really thought that such a thing was likely, but with steven spielberg showing up for tintin, implying that his co-conspirator on that film, peter jackson, would be here as well, some thought there was an outside chance that mr. Jackson would take the stage in hall h to show off footage from the hobbit: an unexpected journey. But we’ll have to make do with recent pictures of many dwarfs and this new video production diary, which launched in lieu of a comic con appearance.

The hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by peter jackson. The three films are the hobbit: an unexpected journey (2012), the hobbit: the desolation of smaug (2013), and the hobbit: the battle of the five armies (2014). The films are based on the 1937 novel the hobbit by j. R. R. Tolkien , with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to the return of the king , which expand on the story told in the hobbit, as well as new material and characters written especially for the films. Together they act as a prequel to jackson's the lord of the rings film trilogy.

A live-action three-part movie adaption of the hobbit, directed by peter jackson, was released in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The hobbit: an unexpected journey on december 14, 2012, the hobbit: the desolation of smaug on december 13, 2013 and the hobbit: the battle of the five armies on december 17, 2014.

He portrayed the master of lake-town in two of peter jackson 's three film adaptation of j. R. R. Tolkien 's the hobbit: the second the hobbit: the desolation of smaug , and the third the hobbit: the battle of the five armies. Stephen fry - wikipedia in january 2011, it was confirmed that serkis would reprise the role of gollum in the hobbit: an unexpected journey the first film in the three-part the hobbit films. Andy serkis - wikipedia.

We’ll start our quest with the unexpected journey that the hobbit took by teaming up with denny’s. Denny’s released a special hobbit-themed menu featuring yummy food straight out of middle earth like the “hobbit hole breakfast,” “the ring burger,” and “frodo’s pot roast skillet. ” the menus also contain qr codes that fans can scan for exclusive content. Plus, you get a pack of hobbit trading cards with every hobbit entre, and each pack of trading cards includes a coupon for your next journey to denny’s. This partnership may seem odd at first glance, but when you think about how hobbits enjoy breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper, it makes sense that a 24-hour diner like denny’s would team up with the hobbit.

Participant dressed as orc, character from 'the hobbit' book by j. R. R. Tolkien, prepares for the reenactment of the 'battle of five armies' in a elijah wood attends "the hobbit: unexpected journey" premiere at the ziegfeld theater on december 6, 2012 in new york city. Actor martin freeman attends "the hobbit: an unexpected journey" premiere at the ziegfeld theater on december 6, 2012 in new york city.

The Hobbit (film series)

Interestingly, ‘the hobbit’ was initially envisioned as a two part film. It was only in july, 2012 that jackson confirmed plans for a third film, turning his adaptation into a trilogy just as its predecessor. The films were a cinematic triumph but also took major artistic liberties which also tied them more directly to the ‘lord of the ring’ series. If jackson could change ‘the hobbit’ from a two part film to a trilogy, we could also hope for another part to be added to the adaption. Sadly, this does not seem like a possible option because of how the trilogy ends.

The hobbit (live-action film series) the lord of the rings (1978 film), directed by ralph bakshi rankin/bass productions.

Facebook twitter reddit pinterest email j. R. R tolkien opened the doors to a vast fantasy world in 1937 with his novel ‘the hobbit’. The universe was truly explored in the ‘lord of the rings’ book trilogy which was published in the span of one year from 1954 to 1955. Almost half a century later, the world which deserves a cinematic adaptation, received it through the peter jackson’s ‘lord of the rings’ trilogy movie series. The film series probably stands on the top of all movie trilogies, along with ‘the godfather’ trilogy and the original ‘star wars’ trilogy.

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Warner bros. Pictures it has now been more than six years since the last film in the hobbit series, the battle of the five armies, had its theatrical release and opinion on the films remains divided. Some have grown to appreciate the different tone taken to the universally acclaimed lord of the rings films. Others have found rewatches to be increasingly more wince-inducing as time goes by.

This disambiguation page, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name, lists articles associated with the name the hobbit (film series). If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Adaptations of works by j. R. R. Tolkien.

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Excitement about the upcoming ‘hobbit’ movie has been building for years – pretty much since credits rolled ‘the return of the king’ in 2003 – but since the movie actually started filming back in january, the internet has been abuzz with rumors, speculation and fans chomping at the bit for any official pictures or information from the set. Well, over the past week, we were given our first official looks at the thirteen dwarves who comprise the main bulk of the characters of this first movie, ‘the hobbit: an unexpected journey. ’ like so many lifelong tolkien fans, i was blown away by what i saw.

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June 24, 2019 reading time: 5 minutes after 3 days, 21 hours, 8 bags of popcorn, a dozen or more pee breaks, a walk in the park, and a short 8-hour nap (what, that’s a nap), i finally finished all 9 of the hobbit/lord of the rings films, back to back, extended editions, in glorious hd.

For those of you that have the original extended dvd lord of the rings boxset, and want a set that matches, this box is the one you want. They made sure to stick with the overall design of first box with the front cover and spine listing the films. The only downside to the hobbit on dvd is that the film is split on two disc, much like lotr. The blu ray does feature it on one disc, but the packaging is much better for this edition. The bluray is just a plastic blu ray case in a nice slipcase. These dvds, when opened,not only extended to roughly two feet, but here is illustrated and hand drawn artwork and maps included with each dvd. All of which are not present in any blu ray sets.

By michael w. Harris

in the hobbit: the desolation of smaug, the epic scene where the dwarves plummet down the river in barrels was filmed down pelorus river in marlborough. You can take an epic kayaking tour to the exact filming location or get the idea of it safely from the river banks! click to see full answer.

Film: a second prologue lasting nearly ten minutes take place on the day of bilbo’s “long-expected party”. While bilbo jots down in a journal his memories of his adventures with thorin & company, frodo runs about getting the mail, reminding bilbo about his party, and going off to greet the arriving gandalf. Book: no scenes taking place during the timeframe of the lord of the rings appear in the hobbit.

“all good stories deserve embellishment. ”this quote, delivered by gandalf the grey in peter jackson’s interpretation of j. R. R. Tolkien’s classic children’s book, the hobbit, acts as a warning to its viewers: this is not your grandpa’s hobbit. Along with shooting the film in revolutionary 48 frames per second (presented in 3d), the adaptation was radical in its content, hand-picking what would be included from the book, and turning sentence-long descriptions from the novel into 20 minute scenes in the film. Earlier book-to-big-screen trials of the hobbit, animated and otherwise, kept the medium in its original context: a book created for children. But jackson’s version, coming off of the steam and success of the more mature lord of the rings (lotr) series, presents a darker, adult adaptation.

Posted by renia carsillo on 14th nov 2014 smoking a tobacco pipe is a popular pastime in middle earth. The hobbit films are full of scenes of gandalf the grey and his famous churchwarden , but look a little further and you’ll find pipes popping up in the hands of nearly every race on middle earth!.

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