FigwitThe interview with Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement of “Flight of the Conchord” which originally aired in June 2007, and was repeated today on Fresh Air on NPR is available for download. [Click Here]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights as well as distribution rights in a significant number of foreign territories, including all English speaking territories, to the Peter Jackson produced sci-fi motion picture “District 9” from QED International. The announcement was jointly made today by Peter Schlessel, President of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, and QED International CEO Bill Block. Continue reading “Sony in the ‘District’”

I am not sure from the promo if Bret “Figwit” McKenzie will be interviewed, but Fresh Air is doing a segment on “The Flight of the Conchords” today.  Check your local NPR affiliate for the schedule.

Sideshow Does ThanksgivingLooking for a chance to win a LOTR item from Sideshow Collectibles? Sideshow has just launched their ‘Thanks for Collecting‘ giveaway in which a prize is awarded each day until Nov 22nd. Among the prizes are a Lurtz Premium Format Figure, a King of the Dead Crown and the highly-sought after Minas Morgul Environment. For complete details on how to participate, jump on over to SideshowCollectibles.com. [Learn More…]

From the folks at WETA: Our big news is that Richard Taylor, that head of Weta Workshop was inducted into the Massey University Hall of Fame in the weekend. Richard attended the Wellington based University before starting up Weta. Here are this week’s other highlights for your news:

Weta’s work on Australian kids television show [More]
Becoming King Kong exhibition in its final days [More]
Rayguns for ‘the geek who has everything’
Figures.com interviews Sculptors behind Hellgate: London figures [More]
Behind the scenes: King Kong concept design explained
Wacky Dr Grordborts creates a two headed character
Mini Raygun prize pack competition winners announced