When Variety asked director Peter Jackson why he chose to film The Lord of the Rings in his native New Zealand — then known only for its arthouse and indie films — rather than Hollywood ...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in New Zealand. This served as the backdrop ... with Mount Ngauruhoe serving as Mount Doom. This mountain is an actual volcano, but the last time it ...

I've never seen 'The Lord of the Rings' but went to the New Zealand set where it was filmed. It's one of the most magical places I've ever been.

“New Zealand had a film industry that had been around a long time,” Wilks continued. “But ‘Lord of the Rings’ supercharged what we could do on the world stage.” It was the country that ...

Set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ... jagged mountains, thundering waterfalls and pristine coastlines acting as magnificent backdrops.

Andy Serkis shares early filming plans for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, set in New Zealand with a 2027 release ...

this large rural residence presides over dramatic views of multiple mountain ranges and the Shotover River—other-worldly New Zealand landscapes depicted in “The Lord of the Rings.” ...

Chicago Shakespeare Theater's upcoming production of The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale will transfer this fall to The Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand, beginning November 5.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For more than a decade ... which underscore the capital city’s connection to Peter Jackson ‘s “Lord of the Rings” and Hobbit films, will depart the ...