{"id":33959,"date":"2009-10-22T19:56:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T00:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=33959"},"modified":"2009-10-25T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T23:03:40","slug":"%e2%80%9chobbit%e2%80%9d-director-to-help-raise-money-for-wellington-filmmakers%e2%80%99-first-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/10\/22\/33959-%e2%80%9chobbit%e2%80%9d-director-to-help-raise-money-for-wellington-filmmakers%e2%80%99-first-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHobbit\u201d director to help raise money for Wellington filmmakers\u2019 first movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar-winner Guillermo Del Toro may be a big guy in Hollywood circles but the director of The Hobbit is only too happy to help some of the local film industry\u2019s \u201clittle guys\u201d. He has pledged his name and support to a Q&A fundraising event for Wellington producer Bonnie Slater and director Sam Kelly\u2019s first feature film, One for the Road. Billed as New Zealand\u2019s first musical drama, it\u2019s slated to shoot early next year and follows the fortunes of a struggling, small town band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Guillermo\u2019s support,\u201d Slater says. \u201cHe has not done any event of this kind in New Zealand before and it\u2019s a coup to have attracted him to headline our fundraiser and help promote our cause. More..<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oscar-winner Guillermo Del Toro may be a big guy in Hollywood circles but the director of The Hobbit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[162,435,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-screenings","category-guillermo-del-toro","category-new_zealand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t