John Rhys-Davies will be in the new NBC series ‘Revelations’ tonight (April 13th). Take a look at the website for this biblical thriller! [More]

New Zealand’s newest and largest international sound stage was officially launched by the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark today. It is a 24,500 sq. ft., 40 ft. high, soundproofed, fully enclosed studio space in which filming can take place uninterrupted by weather and other noise. This facility, the largest in New Zealand, is on a par with the biggest and best sound stages in Hollywood and London. The new sound stage joins the numerous other screen production resources in Miramar developed by Camperdown Studios Ltd., co-owned by Oscar® winners Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor and Jamie Selkirk. [More]

Michael Meads from the Neonatal Trust writes: I am a trustee of a charitable organization called the NeoNatal Trust, based in Wellington NZ. We are responsible for raising funds to buy life support equipment for premature babies and to give support and guidance to those parents and families of babies that have a difficult start to life. [More]

Michael Meads from the Neonatal Trust writes: I am a trustee of a charitable organization called the NeoNatal Trust, based in Wellington NZ. We are responsible for raising funds to buy life support equipment for premature babies and to give support and guidance to those parents and families of babies that have a difficult start to life.

We have been gifted two reproductions of John Howe’s “Barad-Dur” Giclee and film strip collectable plus “Gandalf on Gwaihir over Helm’s Deep” by Alan Lee.

We are currently Auctioning these two stunning pieces of art with trademe.co.nz. The Auction closes 22nd April.

If you go to trademe.co.nz (Trademe is an Auction site like Ebay) and search “neonatal trust” on their site the Charity Auction will come up with all of the detail about the art, how to make a bid and so on.

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]

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]