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Roheryn
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Jun 10 2013, 1:07am
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No Wellington premiere for DOS!
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Apparently this was just announced: no premiere this year in Wellington.
Why not? This seems very odd, and rather a letdown. Weren't there Welly premieres for all three LOTR films? What a disappointment -- I was actually hoping to go this year. 
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Elessar
Valinor
Jun 10 2013, 1:19am
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I wonder what the reason is?
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Xanaseb
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Jun 10 2013, 1:46am
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Oh no!! :( sad times. I thought AUJ's welly premiere was brilliant. //
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Ham_Sammy
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Jun 10 2013, 3:00am
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About WB's handling of the marketing of the film for some time. This is one more example. I just don't think they "get" it. New Line clearly got it when they were part of AOL/Time Warner. WB, not so much. I mean I know it's not a major thing I guess overall but it's a sign that WB just doesn't get the whole deal in my opinion. They have held the fandom pretty much at arms length. This is one more example of that to me. Oh well.
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Elizabeth
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Jun 10 2013, 3:14am
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Only one of the 3 LotR premieres was in Wellington. Most of the money and the press are in places like LA, NY, and London. Apparently the contract called for one premiere in NZ, and that was it.
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Ataahua
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Jun 10 2013, 3:37am
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I'm sure there will still be an NZ premier spectacular in Wellington
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for DOS and TABA - they just won't be world premiers. I expect they'll be very much like they were for FOTR and TTT.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Elessar
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Jun 10 2013, 4:07am
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I thought all three WP were in Wellington. I did not realize that or had forgotten that fact.
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Ataahua
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Jun 10 2013, 4:33am
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NZ only got the ROTK world premier
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after PJ got one of NewLine's senior managers (name blank! Help!) up on stage in front of live cameras at the Two Towers' New Zealand premier and asked him where the world premier for Return of the King would be - a with an obvious hint that it should be Wellington. How could the NewLine guy say anything but 'Wellington'? After all of that died down, there were news stories about how NewLine told Wellington City Council that any world premier would require a number of things to be done on their part - including, from memory, having the Embassy Theatre brought up to par. (Or was that done earlier?)
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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(This post was edited by Ataahua on Jun 10 2013, 4:33am)
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Elessar
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Jun 10 2013, 5:03am
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I did not know that or had forgotten. I just assumed because they did up the theater for each one that they had each WP down there. Well, I hope they at least keep that tradition because its so wonderful of an event to see. 
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bungobaggins
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Jun 10 2013, 5:19am
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"You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!" - Gandalf
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Yngwulff
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Jun 10 2013, 5:30am
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... a big let down if I was from NZ to be sure ... feel bad for you guys and gals ...
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Veridandir
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Jun 10 2013, 6:58am
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Lol, of course there will be a Premiere, just not the WORLD premiere.
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I don't understand how anybody can believe there wont be a premiere at all.
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easterlingchief1
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Jun 10 2013, 2:10pm
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It was Mark Ordeskey, one of the execs he knew from New Line.
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Ataahua
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Jun 10 2013, 11:36pm
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That's it - thanks bb and ec1. /
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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