Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Lord Of The Rings Movie Set Now Houses Sheep

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When Peter Jackson spotted the Alexander Farm during an aerial search of the North Island in Matamata in New Zealand for the best possible locations to film 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, he immediately thought it was perfect for Hobbiton, the village where the Hobbits live.

Today, only 17 of those hobbit houses remain and they have been taken over by sheep. In 2011, the set was completely rebuilt for the feature films 'The Hobbit' and now remain as permanent exhibit and tourist attraction for fans.

2 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

I don't think this is true any longer. I think they reclaimed them for the HOBBIT movie, and they will now be left intact as a tourist attraction.

HobbitMovieCoUk said...

I thought that the entire Hobbiton site had been rebuilt using more permanent fixtures for the Hobbit movies. Infact - here's photographs of them:- http://www.thehobbitmovie.co.uk/the-hobbit-movie-pictures-of-hobbiton-part-1.html