The new movie District 9 from Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp looks to be the real sleeper hit of 2009. If you are into socialogical science fiction, this is it.

Growing up, the scariest alien of them all on our television was the Daleks from Doctor Who.  Daleks are organisms from the planet Skaro, integrated within a tank-like mechanical casing. The resulting creatures are a …

While the rest of use are worrying about the economy and whether we have jobs, there is one person who is having one hell of a year and has so much work he does not …

As we have previously talked about, Weta Workshop has a new childrens TV series called Wot Wots. You can now see a full episode right here.

Issac Westenra, younger  brother of Kiwi singing superstar Hayley Westenra has picked up the People’s Choice Award for most views in the 2009 Cadbury Creme Egg Gooeys Film Festival.

According to Empire Magazine, the second Hobbit Movie will now not be a 60 filler between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Rings but:

Paul Henry speaks to a man in Tokoroa who has sparked quite a bit of internet interest with his footage of a UFO.

Chris Pine who plays Captain Kirk in a new more edgy Star Trek talks at the Auckland Premiere of the movie. Kiwi rd of the Rings star Karl Urban stars as Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy …

“Lord of the Rings” fans are flocking to New Zealand, where the trilogy was filmed to see first hand where the successful film trilogy was made according to CNN.

This years 48 hours of Film-making is back on in New Zealand. The challenge is for independent teams (not Peter Jackson or the Weta guys)  to create a short form video over one weekend.

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Richard Taylor, founder of Weta Workshop talks about the Dr Who work they have been working on with the BBC.

The world’s largest piano was unveiled last week in a farmers barn outside of Timaru by the world’s youngest piano maker.

Richard Taylor the the Weta Workshop team were honored this week at World Class New Zealand Awards.

Early last month we covered a story about District 9, a sci-fi movie produced by Peter Jackson’s Wingnut Films and directed by South African Neil Blomcamp.