There seems to be absolutely nothing on the Net about it.
It doesn’t sound right. The movie he’s filming according to the IMDB is being shot in New York City, which would make sense because that’s where he’s been all week, on Colbert and at least one of the other late night shows.
I wonder if its another actor with a similar name. It’s happened before.
FWIW, the only two movies on his IMDB listing as unreleased both have only one filming location listed: NYC (obviously convenient for his Criminal Intent schedule). No sign of New Zealand or an NZ like locale as being important to either film, from the limited information shown.
ETA: Gah, beaten by seconds. Again.
ETA (again): Ah, someone on IMDB thinks it’s just a generator, and offered the following link as possible evidence:
http://jesus.christ.mediafetcher.com/news/top_stories/actor_new_zealand.php
< googles >
Someone here claims it’s made up from something called " FakeAWish.com"
< checks > it looks like she’s right, it says it’s fake at the bottom of the page
Couldn’t care less about Michael. But I actually quite liked Jeff.
Edit: Er… like Jeff.
Mods, can we change the thread title to not scare people?
Maybe to: Has Jeff Goldblum been injured/killed in New Zealand?
Please please please let this be wrong…
I reported the post to the mods for review.
The OP’s link has it in the “Odd News”… I’m going with fake!
So did I, thanks riker1384.
This is from the linked site:
Then I googled “Global Associated News” which is the logo in the upper right corner. I can’t seem to get to any stories Google found, but they include “Paul Newman presumed dead in plane crash” and “Brad Pitt falls to his death in New Zealand” and a newsgroup entry which includes the quote “GAN admits they are “a totally bogus news source” , not unlike the Onion .” And finally, imdb.com says he’s in New York filming a movie with Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams.
Jeff Goldblum fans can relax.
Done. For the record I’m sure this is fake.
I preferred the original title.
Do dopers live in such a bubble of protection that ‘Jeff Goldblum is dead’ is cause for panic?
I do. I just came out of my panic room once it seemed like he was still alive. That was close.
I bet the name of who died in the story is generated by the URL.
[noparse]]http://turd.ferguson.mediafetcher.com/news/top_stories/actor_new_zealand.php[/noparse]
Oh no, not Turd Ferguson!
I cannot load the page, so someone else will have to verify this for me.
Maybe he just caught a virus.
I heard this very same hoax a few months ago, I swear.
I’m glad Goldblum seems to be okay but come on, it would’ve been funny if it was true. Imagine you’re Jeff Goldblum. You’ve spent 30 odd years putting your heart and soul into Hollywood. You’ve played dozens of characters, some iconic, and some…well, not quite so iconic. You’ve successfully entertained millions of people around the globe and you’ve done it all without jiggling the privates of a single vulnerable adolescent. And then on the day you finally pop your clogs you happen to go fifteen minutes after the most famous dude on the planet, your obituary is dismissed as background noise, and nobody figures out that you’re dead until ten years later when Warner Brothers release a ‘Memorial edition’ of Earth Girls Are Easy.
How much would that suck?
I was able to load the page, and it says:
So unless Messrs. Goldblum and Ferguson were both killed in a terrible accident during the filming of a remake of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I’d say that Mr. Goldblum remains alive and Mr. Ferguson remains fictional.
It loaded finally, and I was correct. It’s a joke page, you can make it say anybody you want has died.