Peter Jackson is planning to set up a film museum in Wellington, sources say. It is understood the development, with a working name of New Zealand Movie World, is planned for opposite his Park Road Post Production facility in Miramar. Props from Jackson’s movies – including his Lord of the Rings trilogy and as far back as Bad Taste in 1987 – would be on public display. A film school could also be included in the development.
A spokesman for Jackson said yesterday that there had been “nothing new and nothing active” in planning for a Wellington-based movie museum and film school since a similar proposal for Shelly Bay fell over about a year ago. More..
The folks from WIFI write: It’s your friends from WIFI again with another Video you might be interested in! We recently attended The Lovely Bones Wellington Premiere and we were able to snag a few quick interviews with some familiar faces including: Gino Acevedo, Philippa Boyens, Jamie Selkirk, Joe Letteri and a few more. More..
From Guardian Unlimited: You always have to be slightly wary of franchise tie-in games releases. More often than not, the licence used is little more than attempt to paper over the fact that the game itself, despite featuring an iconic character or setting, is generic rubbish. Games like Batman: Arkham Asylum that don’t follow this trend are always seen as a bit of a surprise. More..
This morning in the U.S. the Golden Globe nominations were announced and while entertainment junkies like us enjoy the whole list, there are a couple of noms of special interest (Peter Jackson and Weta related) we wanted to point out, but we are going to make you click once to see the list: Continue reading “The Golden Globes of interest are . . .”
Episode 3 of our radio show on BlogTalk Radio is online and available for listening. Sam Roads from Microcosm Games Limited stops by to chat about the hottest Facebook Game ‘The One Ring Game’, Calisuri pops in for me to abuse, and I show my true video game geekiness by playing the Super Mario Bros. theme ad nauseam, take a listen!
This morning in the U.S. the Golden Globe nominations were announced and while entertainment junkies like us enjoy the whole list, there are a couple of noms of special interest (Peter Jackson and Weta related) we wanted to point out, but we are going to make you click once to see the list: 