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November 23 2005: Little Fish
from Dark Horizons.com

Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett won best acting nods for their roles in the recovering heroin addiction drama "Little Fish", at Australia's Independent Film Awards on Wednesday in Sydney.

November 10 2005: Battle For Middle-earth II
from GameDaily

Electronic Arts announced today that Hugo Weaving will assume "the role of lead voiceover talent" for The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II. Weaving, who is best known to most people as Lord Elrond in Lord of the Rings and Agent Smith in The Matrix Trilogy, "will create the game's overarching tone by guiding players in and out of each good and evil mission within the single player campaigns." In addition to this, John Howe, who was a concept artist for the Lord of the Rings movies, will design new locations and creatures specifically for the game.

"We are delighted to have Hugo Weaving as the voice of The Battle for Middle-earth II," said Mike Verdu, Executive Producer at EALA. "Mr. Weaving was brilliantly cast as the great Elven leader Elrond in the film trilogy and now his voice will help bring the game story and the world of Middle-earth to life for everyone who plays The Battle for Middle-earth II. I am also very excited to be working with John Howe who will help us visualize key creatures within the game!"

"Generally with Lord of the Rings , no one ever really says goodbye to it because it seems that you were always coming back." Commented Weaving. "I always find voice work really fascinating because you are working on one element of your make up as an actor -- focusing more intently on one part of your toolbox if you like -- in a way so everything seems to go into producing that vocal effect. It really isn't just an effect, because it actually comes from a source which is a true continuation of that character."

July 21 2005: Little Fish
from hollywoodreporter.com

The cream of Australia's film industry turned out in force for the world premiere of "Little Fish," Cate Blanchett's first Australian film since 1997's "Oscar and Lucinda," as it opened the 54th Melbourne International Film Festival on Wednesday night.

Director Rowan Woods accompanied Blanchett's co-stars Hugo Weaving and Noni Hazlehurst down the red carpet outside the city's Village Theater, along with screenwriter Jacquelin Perske and producers Liz Watts, Richard Keddie and Vincent Sheehan.

The film, set against a backdrop of drugs and organized crime in Sydney's southwest, is the first Australian film to have screened after passing through the Film Finance Corp. Australia's new evaluation system, which assesses films for their audience potential and creative worth.

June 12 2005: Eucalyptus / V for Vendetta
from contactmusic.com

The Matrix star Hugo Weaving has blasted reports circulated by Russell Crowe that a poor script led to the cancellation of Australia-based movie Eucalpytus - he insists it was great.

The film, starring Crowe, Weaving and Nicole Kidman, was shelved earlier this year (05) as news circulated that the script was unworkable.

Weaving refuses to speculate on reports the film fell apart due to disagreements between Crowe and director Jocelyn Moorhouse, but he's happy to defend the script, which was adapted by Moorhouse from Murray Bail's 1998 novel of the same name.

"I just wanted to say how good the script was and that was a commonly held view. I just wanted to right what I thought was the imbalance."

But the cancellation of the film has worked out well for Weaving - it allowed him to sign up to star alongside Natalie Portman in new movie V For Vendetta.

He tells Australian newspaper the Herald Sun, "In a way it was quite lucky for them that Eucalyptus had fallen through because I wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise."

May 09 2005: V for Vendetta
from Zap2it.com

Already in production, the futuristic thriller "V for Vendetta" has replaced its leading man. James Purefoy ("Vanity Fair") is out, while Hugo Weaving -- no stranger to the "Vendetta" producers -- is in.

"Vendetta" is based on a graphic novel from Alan Moore ("From Hell") and features Natalie Portman as a woman named Eva living in a revisionist fascist version of England. In that time of upheaval -- the Germans apparently won WWII -- a masked vigilante named only "V" (Weaving, now) is leading a battle against the government.

No reason for Purefoy's sudden departure is mentioned in the industry trade papers, but "V for Vendetta" is still set for a Nov. 4 release.

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