When it comes to film-making New Zealand is well and truly on the map but it will take some serious petitioning before it makes it onto the globe – at Universal Studios. When tourists arrive from all over the world the first thing they see at the Universal Studios in Los Angeles is a huge replica of the world. The globe is very impressive but has one problem – New Zealand is missing and despite pleas from an expat Kiwi, Universal appears to have no plans to put it there. [More]
Category: Old Main News
Kiwi actors have been left out of New Zealand’s film-making bonanza, with officials flouting immigration laws to entice big-budget movie makers. Local actors, already annoyed they were sidelined for roles in The Lord of the Rings after the government waived immigration rules, are upset they are still being ignored. [More]
Peter Jackson, director of the film epic “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” and J.K. Rowling, who wrote the Harry Potter books, were listed as “Artists and Entertainers.” [More]
The folks at cinecenta send along this news about a Triple Screening at the University of Victoria, BC. [More]
We can’t count how many times we’ve been e-mailed with “Hey, have you seen this hysterical ‘Lord of the Peeps’ web site!?!?!?!” Well, now we have a story ABOUT the Lord of the Peeps site from the Charlotte Observer, of NC — the home state of the Peep LOTR creators. “We’re a very strange family,” says Genevieve Baillie … Nah, they’re just Ringers! [More] (Free registration required)
From Stuff.co.nz: What do Peter Jackson, Osama bin Laden and the Pope have in common? Kiwi film-maker Peter Jackson has joined an elite club – Time magazine’s list of the world’s top 100 influential people. [More]