One moment of silence for Eileen Moran, Executive Producer at Weta Digital and one of the producers on The Hobbit. She led Weta to many Oscars, including three consecutive ones for the Lord of the Rings series. To the occasional consternation of the artist, she was one to always say “Yes. Absolutely. We can do that.” And then, we did. She passed away after a long bout with cancer, just shy of the premiere of The Hobbit in Wellington.
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It’s been nearly a decade since we were last in Middle Earth. Peter Jackson provided for us a window into a world that we had previously only imagined. His vision of Middle Earth was everything I could have hoped for, and beyond. So when the announcement arrived that The Hobbit was going to production it became a roller coaster of anticipation and trepidation. Continue reading
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