We are still along way from the Hobbit filming but preparations have officially begun. With Peter Jackson this week confirming ‘still no funding’ at Comic-Con, people must be working for the ‘love of Tolkien’ in Matatmata. Hobbiton renovation photos have slowly started surfacing as the early work of preparing summer fruits and flowers for hungrey hobbits. We have seen published photos  from www.stuff.co.nz and  Red Carpet Tours have also sent some through to theonering.net.