Johnny Depp may make an appearance in Wellington in February – joining fellow Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom. Depp is to join Bloom – who lived in Wellington for more than a year filming The Lord of the Rings – and another Pirates of the Caribbean star, Keira Knightley, on the crew of a boat in the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. The yacht will be named the Black Pearl – after the pirate ship in the film – and its sail will feature a giant skull and crossbones as part of a promotion for the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. [More]
Day: April 12, 2005
Cinema Online will host a live webcast interview with Orlando Bloom, star of upcoming war epic “Kingdom of Heaven” this Wednesday. The live stream is broadcast from Tokyo and will be accessible this Wednesday, 13 April at 5.45pm Malaysian time. The show will kick off with footage of Orlando’s arrival at the airport. From 6.00pm onwards, there will be a selection of live broadcasts from the red carpet and clips from a previous press conference. [More]
The folks at movies.monstersandcritics.com have some images from Ian McKellen and Marton Csokas’ latest film ‘Asylum’. Take a look! [More]
A visibly slimmer Peter Jackson has revealed his secret to losing about 13 kilograms in weight – muesli and yoghurt. Jackson, in the final stages of filming King Kong, revealed his diet regime to Britain’s Daily Telegraph yesterday. “I just got tired of being overweight and unfit, so I changed my diet from hamburgers to yoghurt and muesli and it seems to work.” Jackson also acknowledged that he is so well known in New Zealand he rarely ventures out in public because strangers want to talk to him, take his photo or get his autograph. [More]
Magpie writes: The Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota is presenting The Hobbit from APRIL 26, 2005 to JUNE 19, 2005. The Children’s Theater produces plays for children but their productions are on par with any adult theater in the area. In 2003 it won the a Tony Award for best Regional Theater… the first theater for young people to ever receive that award. [More]
Turgon writes: Henry Gee has posted some news at his website on the UK book tour for his book, THE SCIENCE OF MIDDLE-EARTH. The first date is today (12 April) in Tolkien’s own city of Oxford, where he’ll be speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival. Clikc here for the full schedule. [More]