A ton of interesting new films are out on DVD this week. Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! First up and not to be forgotten we have the King Kong: Extended Edition out tomorrow, plus the HD DVD version to boot! Check out some TV goodies like the ‘3rd Rock – S6’, ‘Adventures of Superman – S5 & S6’ & ‘The Best Of The Electric Company – V2’. Some great animation out today as well, ‘Gummi Bears – S1-3:’, ‘The Dick Tracy Show – The Complete Animated Crime Series’ & ‘The Original Television Christmas Classics’. Other notables include ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’, ‘Looney Tunes – Spotlight Collection – V4’ & ‘Green Mile, The – (Two-Disc Special Edition)’. Personally I’m interested in ‘The Da Vinci Code (Collectors Set)’, ‘Family Guy, Vol. 4′ & Quantum Leap – S5’! Check out the whole list here! [More]
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Evolution takes strange turns on islands. Sheltered from competition from established mainland creatures, species can grow freakishly large. New Zealand, for example, evolved the giant flightless moa and the world’s largest eagle. Perhaps the same process accounts for the growth of New Zealand’s vfx giant, Weta Digital. Less than a decade ago, Weta was a midsize vfx operation of some 120 people, mostly working for a local filmmaker. But that filmmaker was Peter Jackson, and when he went on to become the creative force behind four huge visual effects blockbusters, the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “King Kong,” Weta grew into one of the world’s most successful visual effects shops, with more than 400 staffers. One hint of Weta’s stature is the launch of the AnimfxNZ symposium. It’s the only such event in the Asia-Pacific area with a partnership from the Visual Effects Society. Now that Jackson seems to be taking a pause from tentpoles, can Weta survive competition with the rest of the world? [More]
Elijah Wood was recently a guest on PBS’s late night talk show ‘Tavis Smiley’. Tavis and Elijah spoke about his upcoming films ‘Bobby’ and ‘Happy Feet’, his record label, and more! Take a look! (46.4MB MOV)
Tehanu writes: Most Peter Jackson fans will never get the chance to have dinner the man. This book might be the next best thing, because it is stuffed full of anecdotes about the very things a fan would probably want to ask him if they had the opportunity. PJ is as we all know a great storyteller, and this book gives him a chance to tell the story of how he came to be a great film-maker.
Author Brian Sibley has also collected stories from people who have known or worked with PJ since he was a child, and woven them together into an exhaustively well-researched account of PJ’s life to date. The book charts his progress from an “enchanted” childhood of remarkable freedom, to the David and Goliath battles he faced when he started work on the Rings. [More]
Today is Craig Parker’s Birthday! Craig was born on November 12th, 1970 in Suva, Fiji. That makes him 36 today! Happy Birthday Craig!
brokenmandible sends in word that TNT is planning to run all three LOTR films on Starz in High Definition. The bad part is that they are encoding them in Segments, which means that they will have commercial interruption. They also are only 3 hours in duration approximately, therefore they are NOT the extended editions.
UPDATE: These definitely are NOT for CINEMAX, These have the TNT logo branded on them. They will be on TNT since they now have an HD channel.