How do Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, the two titans of pop culture, collaborate on the new 3-D motion-capture version of Tintin? With lots of high-tech wizardry. Spielberg, who’s directing the first instalment, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, recently wrapped 32 days of performance-capture shooting in Los Angeles. Producer Jackson travelled from his New Zealand home base to Los Angeles for rehearsals and the first week of shooting, and then appeared via an elaborate video-conferencing set-up for the rest of the shoot, using a specially designed iChat-type system in which the Kiwi filmmaker can see everything on the set in real time and simultaneously talk with Spielberg. The film is scheduled to hit theatres in 2011. More lines to learn
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David writes: For those fans who missed out on tickets for the Fellowship of the Ring live London Philharmonic Orchestra/HD performance in London this month (and there were many), I have some important news.
If you (like me) have always regarded The Two Towers as in fact the greatest of the three rings, then you should know that the public sale of tickets for TTT (LPO/HD) performance go on sale on the 13th April 2009. The performance dates are 23 and 24 April 2010.
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A tall poppy statue that Weta Workshops’ special effects guru Richard Taylor designed six years ago can finally cosy up next to his Oscars. Named the supreme winner of the 2009 World Class New Zealand Awards last night, Taylor said he had designed the winning statue and produced a set each year for the past six years. “It’s really odd receiving an award you made yourself,” he said. “I didn’t know when I sent them up here [to Auckland] that one of them was for me.” Statue Taylor made for the cabinet
Well, its April 3rd and that means it is time to announce the winner of the ‘Reclaiming the Blade’ Giveaway! As you know, TheOneRing.net teamed up with Galatia Films to celebrate the DVD release of ‘Reclaiming the Blade’ by giving away the ‘Late 15th Century Bastard Sword’ from Albion Swords! Entering the contest was easy via email or on our message board. We collected near a thousand entries and the randomly chosen winner is…
Patricia Lozon
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As any of you avid Peter Jackson fans out there will know, Peter’s had his eye on a newcomer called Neill Blomkamp for a couple of years now – to the point where he was once the frontrunner to helm the promised Halo movie. What has he directed before, you ask? Well, nothing actually – at least not on the full-length feature film front. He’s directed some short films (including the series of Halo shorts known as Landfall), but apart from that he hasn’t done anything cinematic. What Is Peter Jackson’s ‘District 9?’
The force behind Wellington’s Weta Workshop, Richard Taylor, has won the supreme award at the World Class New Zealand awards. The awards, presented on Wednesday night, honour New Zealand’s tall poppies who are successful on an international level. For the last 15 years Weta Workshop – a special effects facility of which Taylor co-founded and is the creative director – has created models, makeup and monsters for movies like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong. Business leaders honour Weta’s Taylor