From the folks at WETA: We are very excited to announce that Weta’s good friend and renowned Tolkien…
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From the folks at WETA: We are very excited to announce that Weta’s good friend and renowned Tolkien illustrator, Alan Lee, will be doing a book signing at the Weta Cave.
Saturday 20 June 1-3 pm
The Weta Cave, Cnr Camperdown Rd and Weka St, Miramar, Wellington
Entrance is free and you should take the opportunity to explore the rest of the Weta Cave at the same time. More…
Giant flying creatures, a lush jungle planet, a futuristic flying machine and a “power suit” are just some of the images audiences are likely to see in Titanic director James Cameron’s new sci-fi movie Avatar. Concept art from the US$200 million film (NZ$320m), shot in Wellington with visual effects by Weta Digital, appeared online this week, sanctioned by the film’s backers 20th Century Fox. Weta brings sci-fi giant to screen
From: Wired Magazine (via shocktillyoudrop.com)
Next week, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s “The Strain” hits bookshelves. It’s the first novel in a trilogy (I’ve liked what I have read of it so far) that’s a spin on vampire lore. Del Toro talked about it a bit in this video interview and today Wired released the following “teaser trailer” to tie in with the series. Continue reading “Promo Trailer for Del Toro’s The Strain”
Elven x sends along a transcript from today’s segment of Fictional Frontiers: A fun show this week on Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib and Larry Curtis talking about all things LOTR and The Hobbit. Some cool Smaug/Mike Mignola news and a heads-up for something Hobbity and extremely special at ComicCon this year … someone will be there! – No, not Guillermo, someone from the Production side of things. Enjoy this week’s show. Continue reading “Fictional Frontiers May 31st Transcript”
The folks at WETA gave us the heads up: John Howe has kindly signed a stack of his Fantasy Art Workshop for us. He was in town for a book signing at the WETA Cave. More..
Linuxelf sends the good word:
On the “Nine To Noon” radio program this morning they interviewed hollywood director Guillermo del Toro is in Wellington to direct “The Hobbit”. and talked about his life and career. Direct Link
