From Rachel, Web Content Manager for WETA: News from San Diego Comic Con 2007!
Weta reveal HALO3 Collectible intentions
Weta Bug reports live from Comic Con [Part II]
Category: Production
Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon, 60, is joining the cast of Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones. Sarandon will play the character of Grandma Lynn, the mother of the character played by Rachel Weisz, show-business Variety newspaper reported. The Wellington-based production tells the story of a girl who is murdered but then continues to observe her family after her death. So far Jackson has young Irish Actress newcomer Saoirse Ronan staring as Susie Salmon, a girl who is raped and murdered and watches her family from heaven. [More]
Internationally acclaimed artist and LOTR guru John Howe writes: This is the limited pendant done for the summer exhibition “Saint-Ursanne la Fantastique”. Done by a local jeweller, it is based on one of the exhibition’s sculpture designs. Made of sterling silver, it is engraved “johnhowe07” on the back. This engraved edition is strictly limited to 100 copies.
From the folks at Weta Limited: Howdy folks! Here’s a run down of what’s been happening at Weta HQ this month – we’ve been busy little Weta’s! [More]
In this issue:
Doctor Who range announced!
ManMelter Pre-Ordering Open!
Weta’s Halo3 work revealed
Weta Comic Convention line up revealed
Eight year old wins Weta art tutorial
Weta Influences Graffiti artist
more..
Rachel, Web Content Manager for Weta, sends this along: Tomorrow, Weta Workshop’s Senior Prosthetics Supervisor Gino Acevedo will be interviewed on National Radio’s Nine to Noon programme. Gino will be interviewed by host Kathryn Ryan on National Radio’s Nine To Noon programme about his work on King Kong and his little known conservation projects. The interview will broadcast on NZ Tues 17 July at 10.05am. Take a listen to the archived interview here.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Saoirse Ronan has joined Rachel Weisz and Ryan Gosling in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of “The Lovely Bones” for DreamWorks.
Ronan takes the role of Susie Salmon, the central character in Alice Sebold’s 2002 best-seller. The story is told through the voice of Susie Salmon, a young girl who is murdered but continues to observe her family on Earth after her death. She witnesses the impact of her death on her loved ones, while her killer skillfully covers his tracks and prepares to murder again. Weisz and Gosling are playing the grieving parents in “Bones,” whose script was written by Jackson, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh. Paramount Pictures is distributing the feature. [More]