According to Tom Scott from the Dominion Post, none of Wellingtons cinemas have yet confirmed that they will be receiving The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 48fps.
Peter Jackson’s spokesman Matt Dravitzki referred The Dominion Post to Warner Bros. The Post was unable to reach Warners, and local distributors Roadshow Entertainment did not return the paper’s calls.
Both the Miramar Roxy Cinema, and Event Cinemas which runs the Embassy Theater (and is expected will host An Unexpected Journey’s world premiere) expect to receive a 48fps copies. They are currently investing in the technology required to screen high-frame rate films.
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Stephen Fry (The Master of Laketown) lent his voice to narrate The Friendly Cyclist film series — a tongue-in-cheek series of cycling safety videos that follow the adventures of Mrs Penny Farthing as she learns how to cycle safely around Wellington.
Little Fighter Films wanted “a proper English voice”, and had Fry in mind when they wrote the scripts, but they unsure if they could get him involved in the project. They sent a “cheeky request” through a friend working for Wingnut films asking if he’d like to help. “Inexplicably, he did,” directors Mike and Hilleke Townsend told Stuff.co.nz.
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Last week, a former wrangler who worked with animals on the set of The Hobbit mounted a protest outside the farm where the animals were kept. Two New Zealand newspapers, Kapi-Mana News and City Life Porirua News, and TheOneRing.net reported the man’s claims that several animals died during production due to “incompetence”.
The American Humane Association monitored the safe and humane treatment of animal actors during filming of The Hobbit in New Zealand. It has sent TheOneRing.net a statement that the Association investigated the deaths of the animals — which were not being used as animal actors at the time.
The Association says that its “stringent Guidelines for the Safe Use of Animals in Filmed Media were rigorously applied and followed throughout the production.”
Read the statement from the American Humane Association in full below the cut. Continue reading “American Humane Association says guidelines for safe use of animals followed throughout Hobbit production”
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Ringers who twitter are probably already aware that Sylvester McCoy has joined the social media service.
But if you missed the news, head here to start following his feed. Thanks to Ringer Lizzie for the heads-up.
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Variety is reporting that a source familiar
with Warner Bros release plans for Peter Jackson’s first “Hobbit,” the HFR version (high frame rate) will go out to only select locations, perhaps not even into all major cities. However, reports from people shown recent footage of the 48 frames-per-second 3D indicate the picture now looks vastly better than the test footage shown this April at CinemaCon.
The studio may be hoping to protect the format by going into a limited release for the HFR version and gauging audience reaction before expanding the release further for the second and third installments. An additional complication is that no theatres are yet ready for HFR projection, but some require only a software upgrade that will be ready in September. Variety says that Warners is satisfied with the pace of efforts to ready theatres for HFR.
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Two New Zealand newspapers report that a former wrangler who worked on The Hobbit alleges that “incompetence” caused the deaths of several animals used in the production.
Both papers report that the ex-wrangler mounted a protest outside a farm in Porirua, where the animals were kept. He is calling for an investigation into the deaths of the animals.
He alleges incompetence in the deaths of three horses used in the production, as well as six sheep, three goats and 10 chickens. The claims are rejected by the farm’s management.
UPDATE: The American Humane Association has given a statement to TheOneRing.net saying that its guidelines for the safe use of animals were followed throughout the Hobbit production. Continue reading “Former Hobbit horse wrangler claims “incompetence” caused several animal deaths during production”
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