ROB TAPERT MULTIMEDIA - PRESS

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2007

• OnFilm Magazine March 2007 Depth of industry marred only by shallow stage space. Late last year producer Rob Tapert of Ghosthouse Pictures spoke to Onfilm on the set of vampire movie 30 Days of Night about how far the New Zealand screen industry has come during the past 13 years.

• Scif.com reports: Messengers Is Tops 5 February 2007
  The Messengers debuted as the top movie on the Feb. 2 weekend, taking in about $14.5 million in ticket sales domestically, the Associated Press reported. The Messengers bumped off the previous weekend's number-one film, Epic Movie, which slipped to third place with $8.2 million, raising its 10-day total to $29.4 million.

• LA Times 4 February 2007 - Sony scores again on Super Bowl weekend
  The studio takes the weekend for the seventh consecutive year with the horror film "The Messengers. You can't stop the Sony Pictures team on Super Bowl weekend. You can only hope to contain them. For the seventh consecutive year, the weekend's No. 1 movie belonged to the studio, as the horror flick "The Messengers" topped the romantic comedy "Because I Said So" to lead the U.S. and Canadian box office.

   

2006

• NZ Woman's Weekly - 5 June 2006 - Lucy's Wild Home Life - Lucy At Home She has a successful career, loving family and a heart of gold - but Lucy Lawless has some strange house guests.

• On Film Magazine (NZ) - 1 May 2006 Screen sector enjoying solid slate: Philip Wakefield provides an update on how the New Zealand screen industry's production schedule is shaping up

• OK! Magazine - March 2006 Actress, Singer, Mum, Gay Icon - Lucy Lawless - The ex-warrior princess on life in LA and the lure of Celebrity Love. The OK magazine article which features Lucy at home  is in the March issue which is out now in Australia. The interview is shorter (from the US Version) but also contains different questions and answers.

• OK Magazine - January 2006 - At Home with Lucy Lawless

2005

• Daily News 4 March 2005 - What hath Peter Jackson wrought? New Zealand is turning into Hollywood's biggest backlot!

• Terrifying new trend - 4 February 2005 Jam Showbiz - Article/Interview with Rob

• UGO.com February 2005 Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert of Boogeyman (Screen Gems) Interview

• Sci-Fi.com - 7 February 2005 - Producer Rob Tapert and director Stephen Kay haunt Barry Watson with the classic scares of Boogeyman

• The Movie Blog - 2 February 2005 - Bruce Campbell won't be Ash says Rob Tapert

• Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert talk The Grudge 2 - 28 January 2005  - MovieWeb site (Now Playing Magazine Article)

• Rob Tapert on The Evil Dead Remake - 26 January 2005 - ComingSoon.net

2004

• WIFTI Summit (NZ) Rob Tapert Future of Feature Film Financing

2001

• NPR Interview with Lucy Lawless & Rob Tapert 16 July 2001

2000

• Femme Fatales, February 1997; Vol. 5, #8; "Xena Warrior Princess"; pg. 56-60; about the success of Xena with an interview of executive producer Robert Tapert

• "Femmes, Family and Fate". Official Xena Magazine Issue #11 October 2000.

• Hollywood Reporter January 4-10, 2000 Head Office. Rob Tapert knew he was onto something new and different when he and his associates first came up with their novel approach to the Hercules legend, but he never could have imagined quite how much his own life would be altered.

• Xena Magazine #10 - Rob Tapert gives his views on series 5 and more
  August 2000

• Scifi.com After Hercules, Rob Tapert takes on Cleopatra 24 January 2000
  Rob Tapert has come a long way since his days at Michigan State University, where he first hung out with buddies Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. The trio teamed up to make the low-budget horror classic The Evil Dead in 1982, with Raimi directing, Campbell starring and Tapert producing. - Read more

1999

• Femme Fatales October 22, 1999 Rob Tapert - on Censorship, Lesbian Ambiguity & Violence

• Letter from Rob Tapert on Xena episode controversy "The Way" - February 1999

• Rob Tapert Invisible Man - 1999. Article with Rob quotes (in wav format) about various topics. Excellent article
   

1998

• The Sunday Telegraph 29 November 1998 Domesticated Xena - XENA the warrior princess is now Xena the homeowner.
• New Zealand Woman's Day - 27 October 1997 Lucy's Love Catch. The Xena star is blissfully happy about her upcoming wedding. NEWLY engaged Lucy Lawless has landed the right man, says a family friend who saw love blossom between the Xena: Warrior Princess star and television producer Rob Tapert.
• Emmy, August 1998; "Xena and Her Man"; pg. 136; separate photos of Xena and Rob Tapert and an interesting interview with Rob. Xena ads within this issue are also shown
• Who Weekly 6 July 1998 - Weddings of '98 - Lucy Lawless and Rob Tapert
• People Magazine - 22 June 1998 - Love & Marriage '98: Weddings of the Year 1998 Some waited for decades while others hardly waited at all. But whatever the route--or the robe-- they chose, this year's stars of the altar made the most - Lucy Lawless & Rob Tapert

• Who Weekly - April 20, 1998 (Australia) - Lucy's Wedding Photos LAWFULLY WEDDED Xena’s lovestruck Lucy Lawless makes it legal.

• New Weekly (Australia) - - Article on Lucy's Wedding - April 13, 1998
• Globe Magazine 14 April 1998 Xena Weds! - The Princess Bride. LUCY LAWLESS traded Xena's armor-plated leather skirt and heavy sword for a soft and shimmering off-the-shoulder bridal gown as she married her show's producer Robert Tapert in a fairy-tale ceremony.
• People Magazine - April 13, 1998 - Lawfully Wedded;  Xena's lovestruck Lucy Lawless makes it legal A high-kicking TV icon finds true love at work 
• Time Magazine - 13 April 1998 - Brief mention of Lucy and Rob getting married
• NZ New Idea 11 April 1998  Lucy's Wedding Victory - Lucy Lawless' dream came true - she married the day before she turned 30   
• Woman's Day (Australia) - April 13, 1998 - It's Xena, The Princess Bride - Article and Pics of Lucy & Rob's wedding
• The Sunday News 5 April 1998 Nice catch, Lucy Warrior queen snares her man in Hollywood style
• The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) 1 April 1998 - Small mention of Lucy & Rob's Wedding
• Breakout - Dutch newspaper - April 1998 - Lesbian newspaper laments Lucy's wedding to Rob
• New Zealand Herald  April 1998 - Lucy says 'I do' to $4m home switch - talks about Rob and Lucy's wedding
• Detroit Free Press- 29 March 1998 - Small mention of Lucy & Rob's Wedding from Rob's home town paper
• AP News item: Article on Lucy & Rob's Wedding - 30 March 1998

• The Sun-Herald (Sydney, Australia) 15 March 1998 - Small mention of Lucy's upcoming wedding to Rob

• Michigan State University Magazine - ROB TAPERT: HERCULEAN SUCCESS

• NZ Woman's Weekly - 30 November 1998 - Star Weekly - NZ Television Awards. Our own Warrior Princess, Lucy Lawless, who brought along hubby Rob Tappert and her daughter Daisy

• NZ Woman's Day - 13 April 1998 - Lucy Lawless could not have been keener to wed her TV boss - and her sexy "secret" bash went without a hitch. When Kiwi stunner Lucy Lawless, star of Xena Warrior Princess, married her executive producer and lover Rob Tapert in Beverly Hills, she did it in sensational style!

1997

• Starlog #245, December 1997; "Heroic Rennaissance"; pg. 26-29; very interesting interview with producer Robert Tapert, giving insights into the productions of Hercules and Xena. Article includes a photo of Rob as well as many from both shows

• Cult TV (UK), October 1997; "Modern Mythmakers"; pg. 20-24; Joe Nazarro talks with Rob Tapert and Steve Sears about Xena and Hercules
   

1995

• Entertainment Weekly 2 June 1995 - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys has, in its debut season, proven to be the highest-rated new show in syndication, and this fall will yield a spin-off, Xena: Warrior Princess.

• PR Newswire 5 May 1995 on the announcement of a new show called Xena: Warrior Princess.

• Broadcasting & Cable 8 May 1995 - MCA hopes Xena has strength of Hercules