Wyvern writes: I thought you might like to know that Alan Lee has just been announced as appearing at my local sci-fi and fantasy convention here in Plymouth, England. It’s called ArmadaCon and it’s running from 11th – 13th November. He obviously likes to keep busy, because it won’t be long after he gets back from his US book tour! [More]
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‘Lost’, featuring Dominic Monaghan, is on ABC tonight at 9PM EST. [abc.go.com]
Elijah Wood will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ tonight (October 5th). The Tonight Show airs at 11:35PM on NBC.
Orlando Bloom is slated to be a guest on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ today, he’s there to talk about his latest film ‘Elizabethtown’. Check your local listings.
The Oscar-winning creative team behind the “The Lord of the Rings” films, including director Peter Jackson, has been named to run the production of the upcoming film based on Microsoft Corp.’s blockbuster “Halo” video game, the company said on Tuesday. Jackson and his wife, Fran Walsh, will serve as the executive producers for “Halo,” which is targeted for worldwide release in mid-2007 by Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox film studios. Universal will oversee the film’s production and domestic distribution. Fox will handle international distribution. “Halo” will be shot in Wellington, New Zealand, and will use Jackson’s production and post-production facilities there. “I’m a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come alive on the cinema screen,” Jackson said in a statement. [More]
Academy Award-winning Wellington scriptwriter Fran Walsh is to be awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from Victoria University at its May graduation ceremonies. Ms Walsh, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria in 1981, began her career as a fledgling scriptwriter working in television, including writing episodes of Worzel Gummidge, Down Under and Shark in the Park. She then went on to collaborate with Peter Jackson in such full-length films as Meet the Feebles (1989), Braindead (1992), Heavenly Creatures (1994), and The Frighteners (1996). [More]