November 1st, 2012 
Beyond the Marquee 
Unexpected guests travel across the New Zealand Post building…
Huge silhouettes of 14 characters from the eagerly anticipated fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), have been installed on a fifth-story plinth at New Zealand Post House – a 12-story office tower block at 7 Waterloo Quay, Wellington, New Zealand and will remain in place until early 2013. Read more about this installation, just click ahead…
October 31st, 2012 Beyond the Marquee This morning, as the first Air New Zealand flight for the day took off for the skies, its passengers were treated to a brand new safety briefing video – An Unexpected Briefing – inspired by the upcoming fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) The video is written by Weta’s own Ben Hawker who also travelled to Auckland to act as the creative consultant and Middle-earth expert during the filming. Weta also created the familiar prosthetics for the actors and several designers from Weta’s Design Studio also contributed to the video. The safety video will be rolled out across Air New Zealand aircraft starting today. Customers who pay close attention to the safety video could win a once-in-a-lifetime Middle-earth experience in New Zealand. Hidden within the video are secret Elvish codes. Viewers who spot the codes can then visit www.airnzcode.com/hobbitmovie to unlock the door to Bag End and be in to win a trip for two to New Zealand, including a tour of the Hobbiton movie set, a visit to the Weta Cave in Wellington, and double passes to the red carpet global premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
October 31st, 2012 Steve Czarnecki 
A Precious Installation at Wellington Airport
As the home of the phenomenal The Lord of the Rings franchise and in anticipation of the upcoming The Hobbit release this December, a 42 foot long Gollum now has found a home at the Wellington Airport in New Zealand. The sculpture, which is suspended from the roof, shows the emaciated physique and momentary expression of glee on the face of Gollum, submerged and reaching for his favourite meal of ‘juicy sweet fishes’. The Gollum creation was designed and facilitated by Richard Taylor and Weta’s workshop supervisor Rob Gillies to create an unforgettable experience into Wellington Airport, the gateway of the Wellington region. Richard said, “We have had a long and wonderful relationship with the Wellington Airport team, who continually focus on presenting an exciting gateway into our city. We are thrilled to once again be creating something with Wellington Airport that will bring delight to the many visitors coming to our fabulous city.” Click ahead to read more about this creative piece of work and check out the time-lapse video of it’s installation…
October 31st, 2012 David Chase 
Oz the Great and Poweful (Final Payoff One Sheet Poster 1 of 3)
Nothing more appropriate than a witch on Halloween and none more famous than a wicked witch from the land of OZ for this holiday! Disney’s “Oz The Great and Powerful” hit theaters next March (8th), but today, thanks to Yahoo! Movies, we get a sneak peek at One of a Three part payoff poster for the film. In the past we’ve seen these triptych’s for such Disney films as Pearl Harbor, Tron Legacy, CARS 2 and Alice in Wonderland. Can’t wait to see what this one will look like! Directed by Sam Raimi, “Oz The Great and Powerful” is the prequel to the classic Wizard of Oz, and follows the journey of the Wizard from Kansas to the Emerald City. Starring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz. Click ahead to see a larger version of the poster below. Be sure to drop us a line in the comments below to let us know what you think of it.
October 31st, 2012 Kevin Stern 
It’s that time of year again when late night movies on TV tend to turn to the monster-ous side of things and we here at Beyond the Marquee have an exclusive location treat for you. Back in the 80’s, when kids lives typically revolved around repeated viewings of their favorite films on VHS, one movie consistently stood out amid the more popular hits like Ghostbusters, Gremlins, The Goonies and Teen Wolf .
October 31st, 2012 Beyond the Marquee On our last webisode we spoke to with Horror Movie Producer Charles Band of Full Moon Features about the history of the company that has made classic horror films such as the Puppet Master franchise, the Killjoy and Subspecies series, Ghoulies and the cult classic Re-Animator. Beyond the Marquee host and Horror genre fan Jon Donahue continues his exclusive interview with Charles Band to ask him what a typical Halloween is like for one of the top Horror filmmakers in Hollywood?
October 31st, 2012 Kevin Stern
Our fifth Location, Location, Location? left a few Beyond the Marquee readers guessing … something it also did to Kurt Russell back in 1997.
