The world premiere of Michael Giacchino’s score for hit TV show Lost will be performed by the Honolulu Symphony Toyota Pops,  under conductor Tim Simonec September 22nd at the Waikiki Shell.   Cast member Terry O’Quinn,  who plays John Locke will join the performers onstage to narrate passages from the show to accompany the music.

Filmed at locations throughout Hawaii, and predominantly Oahu’s North Shore, Lost is produced by ABC Studios and portrays the action-packed lives of the survivors of a plane crash on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Giacchino’s credits include the upcoming Star Trek,  the latest Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille and M:i III, The Incredibles and The Family Stone.

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Award-winning comedy writer and stand-up star Ricky Gervais will co-direct and star in This Side of the Truth,  a dark comic fantasy set to shoot in the spring reports Variety.

The Office and Extras star will co-direct with Matt Robinson.  The film marks Gervais’ feature directing debut and first major project since wrapping the BBC series Extras.   This Side of the Truth is set in a contemporary world where no one has ever lied.  Gervais will play a performer who tells the first lie and harnesses its power for personal gain.

‘My character works in the film industry, where actors are really readers who tell completely factual stories,’ Gervais said. ‘My character’s a loser who’s about to lose his job, and who’s lumbering through the 1300s.  All he’s got to work with is the Black Death.  But once he lies and pretends he’s found lost stories,  he becomes the greatest storyteller in the world.’

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor director Rob Cohen has posted the first official image from the production on his blog.

The photo depicts the the Tomb of Xi’an where the Terracotta Warriors were discovered by a Chinese farmer digging a new well in 1974.  Click here to take a look at a high resolution version in the X-Realms gallery.

In other news, composer Randy Edelman (Dragonheart) has been recruited to create the score for the third outing of the franchise starring Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello,  Luke Ford,  Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh .

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