The great ape King Kong has been at the centre of New Zealand’s movie industry celebrations in Beverly Hills. Oscar nominees from King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia joined the cream of New Zealand’s film industry at the Beverly Hills Hotel to celebrate our industry’s continued success. The event has a King Kong theme, with a ballroom being converted into a virtual Skull Island. Minister of Economic Development Trevor Mallard has been mixing and mingling with the glitteratti, and says Peter Jackson has made a major contribution to making the world more aware of New Zealand. Mr mallard says that is what this event is all about: promoting New Zealand as a great place to make movies. [More]
Day: March 4, 2006
Belleferret sends this alng from the Discovery Channel website: It was the most striking scientific discovery of last year. An entirely new species of mini-human found on an island in Indonesia. Is the hobbit a new species that transforms our view of evolution, or is it simply a very small, modern human being? [More]
8thWonder, one of our chatroom operators, tells us that a screening of 1998 ’s Mighty Joe Young will be held in our #moviechat chatroom at 5:30PM New York City time today! The previous three movie showings of King Kong ’33 and Son of Kong and the original Mighty Joe Young were quite successful and fun! So get yourself a copy of the tape or DVD of Mighty Joe Young (1998) and join us. Even if you don’t have the film, but know it, it is fun to sit in and hang out. Details of the showing are explained in two of our message board threads located here and here.