Red carpet rollout for Lovely Bones

BY DAVE BURGESS

Last updated 05:00 20/08/2009

Fairfax Media

STAR POWER: Peter Jackson could be bringing the stars of The Lovely Bones to New Zealand.

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It looks as if the stars are aligning for Wellington again.

Hollywood actors Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon and Rachel Weisz could soon be winging their way to Wellington for the premiere of their movie The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson.

The red carpet event is planned for December at the Embassy theatre.

The capital last hosted a New Zealand premiere for a blockbuster movie in 2005, for Jackson's King Kong.

It sparked wild scenes as Courtenay Place was turned into a party zone, with thousands of fans waving giant inflatable bananas and screaming to get the attention of the film's stars Naomi Watts and Adrien Brody.

The Lovely Bones centres on a 14-year-old girl, played by Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, who has been murdered and watches over her family and her killer from heaven. Jackson shot some of the NZ$104 million movie in Pennsylvania, as well as in Wellington. Heaven was created and shot at his Miramar studios.

The film opens in New Zealand cinemas on Boxing Day, but it is understood that Wellington City Council is planning a red carpet premiere for December 11.

Council spokesman Richard MacLean said the street in front of the Embassy and along part of Courtenay Place could be closed for the event.

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