--- description: Peter Jackson is seemingly having trouble letting go of Middle-earth. title: Hobbit: Peter Jackson Recreates Bilbo's Bag End in His Basement image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a64896b911855c4/6988593b0a4a2201739c4fa3/gettyimages-461846928.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Peter Jackson Recreates Bilbo's Bag End in His Basement by [Abid Rahman and Aaron Couch / The Hollywood Reporter](/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Abid Rahman and Aaron Couch / The Hollywood Reporter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2015 4:13 AM CUT  Director Peter Jackson attends press conference of new movie The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies on Jan. 20, 2015 in Beijing, China Director Peter Jackson attends press conference of new movie The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies on Jan. 20, 2015 in Beijing, ChinaChinaFotoPress/Getty Images by [Abid Rahman and Aaron Couch / The Hollywood Reporter](/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Abid Rahman and Aaron Couch / The Hollywood Reporter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2015 4:13 AM CUT **Peter Jackson** is seemingly having trouble letting go of Middle-earth. Despite the final part of the _Hobbit_ being released late last year, ending the cycle of two trilogies based on **J.R.R.** **Tolkein**‘s works, the Kiwi director instructed a set artist to recreate Bilbo’s house, Bag End.. in his basement. “His eye for detail was such that we had to build it right down to the feather, so everything is exactly the same as the movie – but it’s livable,” set artist **Bino Smith** told[_Stuff_](http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/69739340/what-lies-beneath-sir-peter-jacksons-house "undefined")_._ Smith and other _Lord of the Rings_, _Hobbit_ artists and designers went to work on Jackson’s 1930s mansion in Masterton, New Zealand recreating the underground hobbit hole as faithfully as possible. And Jackson’s even invited the likes **Steven Spielberg** and **George Lucas** to visit and use the hobbit hole as a “playground.” “Bag End is underground. You have to go under tunnels to get to it,” said Smith describing Jackson’s ultimate, and rather elaborate, tribute. He added: “You got the house, then you go down to the wine cellar and you pull a bottle, and it opens up a door, then you step out a look down this corridor – about 35 metres, we had to create it, then you go down one part, then there’s a skeleton and some bodies, then you come out to a mock torture chamber, then you pull a book in a bookcase and the bookcase opens, and you walk into Bag End.” [_This article first appeared on HollywoodReporter.com_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-jackson-recreates-bilbos-bag-806174 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3942749/peter-jackson-bilbos-bag-end-basement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3942749/peter-jackson-bilbos-bag-end-basement/"},"headline":"Peter Jackson Recreates Bilbo's Bag End in His Basement","datePublished":"2015-07-01T04:13:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:41:37.784Z","description":"After six films, and over a decade of his life, he can't say goodbye completely","url":"https://time.com/3942749/peter-jackson-bilbos-bag-end-basement/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a64896b911855c4/6988593b0a4a2201739c4fa3/gettyimages-461846928.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abid Rahman and Aaron Couch / The Hollywood Reporter"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a64896b911855c4/6988593b0a4a2201739c4fa3/gettyimages-461846928.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-461846928","caption":"BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 20: (CHINA OUT) Director Peter Jackson attends press conference of new movie \"The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies\" on January 20, 2015 in Beijing, China. 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