Losillë writes: Sean Astin will be giving away several signed posters from “Bigger Than The Sky.” Go to his official website to enter the drawing. [More]
Month: February 2005
It was the First Light Film Awards today, recognising young film makers from the age of seven to 18. Winners included a documentary about school walkouts in Edinburgh in the lead up to the Iraq war. Sir Ian McKellen was one of the guest presenters and he said he thinks it should be seen as important as the Oscars. [More]
Legendary British actor Christopher Lee will make the most unlikely of appearances later this year, sharing the stage with two hard rock groups at the German Earthshaker festival. Lee, who’s recent roles in Lord Of The Rings (Saruman the White) and Star Wars (Count Dooku) have revived his film career, will make his first appearance of the weekend with Rhapsody, performing the song “Unholy Warcry” on stage Friday (July 23). Lee provided the original narrative for the track, which is taken from the band’s latest album, ‘Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret’. [More]
Lord of the Rings model maker James Bryson has won the right to a Supreme Court hearing over an employment law case said to threaten the New Zealand film industry. Mr Bryson had wanted to take a personal grievance case against his former employer, Lord of the Rings production company Three Foot Six. He could pursue the case only if he was an employee, but the company which made him redundant said he was an independent contractor. The Employment Court decided in his favour but the Court of Appeal in November decided he was an independent contractor. [More]
Yolanda writes: I wanted to tell that Viggo Mortensen’s new film starts shooting here on March 7th. Viggo will play the main character, called Alatriste. This film is based on Arturo Perez Reverte’s books. We are doing a webpage of the film and you can see pics and videos of the press conference. [More]
Orlando Bloom, Oscar presenter at this year’s Academy Awards, has joined the ranks of celebrities choosing to bring an environmental conscience to the Oscars. [More] Kudos to Luinhind for the heads up!