[Sea expert: Michael DeGruy, left, pictured with James Cameron, centre, and Bill Paxton, right, made numerous films about the ocean] In sad news today for 3D filmmaker James Cameron, Nikki Finke is reporting that two of Cameron’s filmmaking peers have died in a tragic chopper accident in Australia. Finke writes: “A 51-year-old Australian film/TV writer-producer [...]
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JOURNEY 2 GETS AN IMAX 3D THEATERS DATE – FRIDAY FEB 10th
Posted: February 4, 2012 in 3D, Dwayne Johnson, Magazine Covers, Movie News, SamoaDwayne Johnson & Vanessa Hudgens new movie has been given an IMAX viewing date: Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Feb. 3, 2011 – IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the 3D family adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, starring Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – 2.2.12
Posted: February 2, 2012 in 3D, Cars, Christchurch, Dave Dobbyn, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Kiwi Pop, New Zealand, Nikura NgaropoThe Horiwood Top Ten today are: 1. Neil Graham buys Christchurch’s 1st One-77 waka 2. Am-Kiwi Farming Mihis: Well Sacred 3D Cows!!! 3. American Kids of The Vampire Diaries 4. Young Romance in the nation of love – New Zealand Wedding themes 5. Tatau – The Art of Dwayne Johnson – The Rock of Hollywood 6. Nikura [...]
MEET NIKURA NGAROPO, AVATAR 3D ANIMATOR
Posted: February 2, 2012 in Entertainment Celebrity News, New Zealand, Hollywood Entertainment News, Maori, Animation, Entertainment News, 3D, Wellington, Kool Kiwis, Entertainment Distribution, Smile Club, Hollywood Maori Kings, South Pacific, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Hats, Filmmakers, Nikura NgaropoNikura Ngaropo works with Weta Studios in Wellington. Nikura is a talented 3D animator. Read more about his work here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 2.2.12~
WELL SACRED 3 D COWS!!!
Posted: February 2, 2012 in 3D, 3D Cows, Animals Are Beautiful Too, Animation, Bollywood, Chikni Chameli, Farming, Fonterra, Hollywood Television Service, Hollywood Today, Horiwood Film School, Humor, katrina kaif, Maori, New Zealand, Nikura Ngaropo, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, WairarapaWhat you can learn to create at film school in New Zealand, is the quintessential 3D cow. Brotha Nikura Ngaropo of Weta Productions has been able to make these himself for 9 years now, already. :) Also don’t miss: Dancing 2D Cow, or, Turkey Hill’s TVC of real cows but on virtual 3D farm land [...]
BIG BUDGET 3D MAORI ACTION FILMS BEING MADE IN NEW ZEALAND
Posted: February 2, 2012 in 3D, Action Stars, Actors, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Directors, Employment, Film Crews, Film Franchises, Filmmakers, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Maori, Maori Film School, Market Research, Marketing and Branding, New Zealand, Politics, Producers, Screenplays, ScreenwritersSo… Big budget 3D films that are Maori produced, Maori directed, Maori written… when will they begin to happen in New Zealand, against the backdrop of New Zealand’s whenua (landscapes) exactly? It is 2012. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 2.2.12~
KATE CAPSHAW AND STEVEN SPIELBERG, GOLDEN GLOBES 2012
Posted: January 17, 2012 in 3D, Animation, Golden Globes, Hollywood Entertainment News, Kate Capshaw, Steven SpielbergKate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg walked the red carpet in Beverly Hills for the 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012. Spielberg and Peter Jackson‘s magical 3-D performance-capture adaptation of the beloved European comic serial, The Adventures of Tintin film, scooped up the award in the animated film section, last night (Los Angeles Sunday). ~Posted by [...]
JAMES CAMERON PUSHES AVATAR SEQUELS OUT PAST 2014 DATE
Posted: January 12, 2012 in 3D, Avatar, Battle Angel, Hollywood Entertainment News, James Cameron, Movie News, Sam WorthingtonJames Cameron has announced his two Avatar 3D film franchise sequels, will take longer than his 2014, 2015 dates, originally given. Good on James. Taking his time as Hollywood’s reigning box office King of record holding sales will give other film producers a chance to breathe and grow perhaps. James 2016 movie project, Battle Angel is worth [...]
WAIRANGI KOOPU WOULD MAKE A GOOD ACTION MOVIE STAR
Posted: December 13, 2011 in 3D, Action Stars, Actors, Box Office Stars, Boxing, Casting, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Joe Frazier, Maori, Mixed Martial Arts, Movie Ideas, New Zealand, Ta Moko, Wairangi KoopuTrue fact: The most requested search term on Horiwood.Com for 2011 has been “Maori Men Tattoos”. True fact II: Dwayne The Rock Johnson is the 9th most requested star of 2011. That leads me thinking, should rugby leaugue football alum Wairangi Koopu & dudes like him, be training for Mixed Martial Arts action films in [...]
CLIFF CURTIS 25th MOST VOTED STAR 2011
Posted: December 3, 2011 in 3D, 50 Starz 2011, Action Stars, Actors, America, Aotearoa New Zealand, Art, artist, Burma, Cliff Curtis, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Dance, Dancing With The Stars, Directors, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Families, Family Vs Fame, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Hollywood History, Hollywood Maori Kings, Hollywood Today, Kiwi Heroes, Kiwi Sex Symbols, Kiwi Sexy Symbols - The Guys, Kool Kiwis, Maori, Maori Film School, Martial Arts, Mau Rakau, Myanmar, Ngati Hauiti, Polynesian, Pop Cultural Commentary, Producers, Star System - The Art of American Celebrity, Star System - The Art of Aotearoa New Zealand Celebrity, Te Arawa, Te Reo Rangatira, Tino RangatiratangaIn the center of our top 50 most voted stars this year is Mr Cliff Curtis. He is as comfortable walking into a packed Hollywood restaurant (being instantly recognized by everyone) as he is walking barefoot with his kids on Ohope Beach. He’s a skilled practitioner on a blockbuster action movie set, or, wielding a [...]
JAMES CAMERON IS FUNNY TODAY – TALKS HIGHER FRAME RATES PER SECOND NEEDED FOR FILM INDUSTRY
Posted: March 31, 2011 in 3D, America, Box Office Stars, Boxing, Directors, Directors Guild Awards, Discernment, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, George Lucas, Hollywood Entertainment News, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, humility, Humor, I have a Dream, James Cameron, John Buckley, Movie News, Novels, Producers, Russell Carpenter, Sir Peter Jackson, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports Psychology, Surfing, Tourism, Transparency in a Digital Age, Words, World News, Writers, YachtingHollywood’s no.1 box office heavyweight, Mr James Cameron makes me smile today. As guest commentary I’m going to run with The Hollywood Reporter’s full report on his appearance at CinemaCon 2011. As I never wrote this story, you might want to read it here at it’s original source, to be fair to this website’s hits [...]
LIKE A CANDLE BURNING BRIGHT, SIR PETER JACKSON STARTS FILMING THE HOBBIT
Posted: March 21, 2011 in 3D, Aotearoa New Zealand, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, hobbits, Hollywood History, Leadership, Maori, Movie News, New Zealand, Sir Peter JacksonTHE troubled big budget production of The Hobbit started filming today, the New Zealand Herald reported. After months of wrangling, delays, financial woes and health problems for Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, the two-film 3D project will start filming at Wellington’s Stone Street Studios, one of two confirmed locations. Work at the second location – the [...]
INDUSTRY TOWN NEWS – HILLBILLY PULP FICTION IN BERLIN NEWS AND JUSTIN BIEBER IN 3D RULES BOX OFFICE FRIDAY
Posted: February 13, 2011 in 3D, Adam Sandler, Britney Spears, Documentary, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Industry Town News, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Bieber, Movie News, Music Industry News, Paul WalkerHollywood is being ruled by a sixteen year old tween Elvis at the minute. At the box office race this weekend Justin Bieber’s new 3D documentary movie won Friday with $12.5 M. Adam Sandler’s Just Go With It film should be the overall no.1 movie this weekend. The Hollywood Reporter examines all the things you [...]
JAMES CAMERON TALKS 2014, 2015 FOR AVATAR SEQUELS AT THE FLIX
Posted: January 25, 2011 in 3D, Box Office Stars, Film Franchises, Industry Town News, James Cameron, Movie News, Superpowers discourse and direction, Suzy Amis, Think GreenHollywood box office King, James Cameron is enjoying writing his Avatar novel sequels and getting them just right. According to EW.com, Cameron says Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 (the film versions) will be released during the Christmas holidays in 2014 and 2015. “I am in the process of writing the next two ‘Avatar’ films now. We are planning [...]
TWO ELIJAH WOOD HOBBIT PICS – SIGNS OF EARLY HOLLYWOOD ANTICIPATION FOR HOBBIT 3D FILMS
Posted: January 10, 2011 in 3D, A Different View, Elijah Wood, hobbits, Hollywood Entertainment News, Movie NewsI notice on EW Pop Watch today that young Elijah Wood has these two Hobbit pics up. Accompanying news on this pics found at Tahi, Rua and Toru sees Hollywood entertainment anticipating Elijah’s re-inclusion into Hollywood’s star celebrity mix with the announcement that Sir Peter Jackson of Aotearoa New Zealand will use Wood as a narrative linking [...]
YOUR WORDS INSIDE HORIWOOD.COM’S TRENDING HOLLYWOO HAT – 1.6.11
Posted: January 6, 2011 in 10 Hot Posts Right Now, 3D, A Different View, Actors, America, Angelina Jolie, Box Office Stars, Casting, Democracy, Egypt, Information Sharing, Scott Rudin, Transparency in a Digital Age, Trends, WordsAs Angelina Jolie gets set to play Cleopatra in 3D for Sony Pictures as the Egyptian queen in a biopic, based on Stacy Schiff‘s biography Queen Of The Nile, Cleopatra: A Life. Director Scott Rudin declares that the as yet unmade film focuses on Cleopatra as a great ruler. I’m sure Angelina will be as classy as [...]
AVATAR’S 3D STAR SAM WORTHINGTON TALKS UP THE SEQUEL
Posted: December 20, 2010 in 3D, Acrobats, Action Stars, Box Office Stars, Movie News, Novels, Sam WorthingtonTags: 3D, 3D - Acrobats in Middle Earth, 3D - Monarchs in 3D R US - KiwiS, 3D Film Locations, 3D Movie Development Opportunities, Acrobats, Action Stars, Awesome Aussies, Box Office Stars, James Cameron, Movie Development, Movie News, Novels, Sam Worthington
Who did not enjoy Avatar? We learned that anyone whose bomb or trigger happy is antiquated and that virtual Indigenous People all combined into one tribe, painted blue with corn braids and feathers are really all of us who care about saving the planet. Now Avatar‘s main cast are talking up a sequel. Here’s the [...]
CHRISTINE O’DONNELL ON TAX CUTS, HOW JOBS ARE CREATED, AND A FEW THINGS AMUSING AMERICA – 12.8.10
Posted: December 9, 2010 in 3D, Acrobats, Beyonce Knowles, China, Education, Employment, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, George Lucas, Hollywood Entertainment News, Jay-Z, Jessica Simpson, Katy Perry, Nicole Richie, Salma HayakTags: 3D, Acrobats, Andrew Adamson, Beyonce Knowles, China, Christine O'Donnell, Education, Employment, Entertainment News, Eric Johnson, George Lucas, Hollywood Entertainment News, James Cameron, Jay-Z, Jessica Simpson, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Nicole Richie, Salma Hayak, Willow Smith
Christine O’Donnell is quoted saying: “At a speech Tuesday night in Virginia, Christine called Obama’s tax cut deal that included the extension of unemployment benefits a “tragedy” comparable to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the death of Elizabeth Edwards, The Hill reported. “Tragedy comes in threes,” O’Donnell told the audience. “Pearl Harbor, Elizabeth Edwards’s passing and Barack [...]
ROYAL ROMANCE IN 3D – UK TV – REGINA AND PRINCE PHILLIP BECOME THE FUTURE
Posted: December 8, 2010 in 3D, Directors, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Family Vs Fame, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Leadership, Producers, Queen Elizabeth II, Romance, Royalties, UKTags: 2020's PanaVision in 3D, 2nd & 3rd Generation Hollywood Families, 3D, 3D - Monarchs in 3D R US - KiwiS, 3D Television, Arthur Wooster, Bob Angell, Commonwealth, Commonwealth Television Service Hollywood, Directors, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Family Vs Fame, Family Vs Freedom Fighting, Grey Power, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Hollywood Today, Hot B*tches, Leadership, Prince Philip Mountbatten, Producers, Queen Elizabeth II, Romance, Royalties, UK
Reports Urmee Khan for the UK Telegraph: Channel 4 will light up the U.K’s television with footage of The Queen in 3D. Urmee says that the footage of her Majesty will look like a regular television picture until viewers, reach across the coffee table over the ruby, for their special glasses where the images will [...]
HUMOR IN 3D – WHAT 3D GLASSES ARE REALLY FOR
Posted: December 8, 2010 in 3D, America, Diversity, Hot Chocolate, Humor, New Zealand, WellingtonTags: 3D, 3D - Acrobats in Middle Earth, 3D - Monarchs in 3D R US - KiwiS, 3D Film Locations, 3D IT-IP is "Key-We" Heading Towards 2020's, 3D Movie Development Opportunities, A Diverse View, America, Diversity, Hot Chocloate: African American News on Horiwood.Com, Hot Chocolate, Humor, Marketing & Branding, New Zealand, New Zealand Filmmaking, Pop Culture Commentary, Star System - The Art of Wellywood Celebrity, Wellington, Wellywood
E.M – has this funny pic about how 3D glasses should be used ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.8.10~
3D VALENTINE’S HYPE – JUSTIN BIEBER’S NEW MOVIE TRAILER, NEVER SAY NEVER
Posted: November 22, 2010 in 3D, Canada, Movie TrailersTags: 3D, Canada, Justin Bieber, Marketing & Branding, Movie Trailers
Some Justin Bieber today. Here’s the new 3D trailer for Bieber’s Never Say Never 3D film, that drops Valentine’s Day 2011. Um, let’s just say that this is the way to do Christmas retail marketing. Cut straight to Valentine’s Day next year and Christmas anticipation retail is in the bag. So clever. The suspense of [...]
HARRY POTTER FRANCHISE OPENS STRONGER THAN EVER
Posted: November 22, 2010 in 3D, Box Office Stars, Harry Potter, Movie NewsTags: 3D, Box Office Stars, Harry Potter, Movie News
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows has opened at $125.1 million. This is the best opener of a Harry Potter film to date. Congrats. Deathly Hallows Part 1 of the two-part finale to J.K Rowlings book series, busted through revenue records for IMAX, bringing in $12.4 million domestically and $16.6 million worldwide. Tim Burton‘s Alice [...]
CREATING ASIANS IN POP CULTURE IN AMERICA VIA NEW ZEALAND
Posted: November 14, 2010 in 3D, Action Stars, Actors, Box Office Stars, Boxing, China, Cliff Curtis, Hollywood History, Human Rights, Imagination, Leadership, Maori, New Zealand, Think GreenTags: 3D, 3D - Acrobats in Middle Earth, 3D Film Locations, 3D IT-IP is "Key-We" Heading Towards 2020's, 3D Movie Development Opportunities, Action Stars, Actors, Aotearoa - New Zealand, Aotearoa Television Hollywood, Asia-Pacific, Asia-Pacific Television Hollywood, Asian-Americans, Box Office Stars, Boxing, China, Cliff Curtis, Combatting Racism, Cross-cultural Narratives, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 3D, Dan Choi, Hollywood History, Hollywood Maori Kings, Hori = Maori, Human Rights, Imagination, Imagine in New Zealand in 3D, Leadership, Maori, Mau Rākau, Movie Scenes, Movie Sequels - Formulaic Movies as Money Makers, New Zealand, New Zealand Filmmaking, Pop Culture Commentary, Think Green, Yun-Fat Chow, Ziyi Zhang
America hasn’t been forthcoming in providing high profile Asian-American faces in Hollywood texts of entertainment. Why? Who knows. When needing to broker new markets with either India or China to grow the American economy any Asian faces are worthwhile promoting to show cultural match with these two nations. Here’s a study of Dan Choi – [...]
