This is a little bittersweet but predictable. I hope they have more than just the Hobbit Fan Contest in New Zealand, but somehow I doubt it given the fact that the NYC Premiere coincides practically with the first midnight screening.
In truth I was willing this announcement not to come out while things are so haywire here, but my experience of World Premiere red carpet events has been of an ambivolent nature and I saw more in the livestream last year than at the barriers in Wellington the year before. I will therefore set my alarm and watch on December 1st and most likely miss gym ...lol!!
MTA: For any of you who have, like me, planned a trip to NZ, I have it on extremely good authority that there is nothing official happening in Wellington for BOFTA. I think I had suspected this anyway, but my friend who lives there has confirmed it. She used more colourful language than I have ...lol!!! Needless to say she is highly unimpressed. (Of course, we do have the Red Carpet Tours Wellie week to look forward to, and often the smaller events are more fun. William Kircher I assume will be playing in his band for us on that night).
MTAA: Looking at a news article in Stuff.co.nz I missed the following paragraph:
"Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said the council was in discussions about a possible event to mark the first New Zealand screening.
Jackson's spokesman Matt Dravitzki said details of a preview screening in Wellington would be announced soon."
So I now wonder what might be in the wind. I will be at one party in Miramar but maybe there will be official celebrations in another part of the city???? Complicated!!