MOST EXTRAVAGANT EASTER BUNNY IN THE WORLD GOES ON SALE

Looking for a perfect Easter gift for that chocoholic in your life?

Well if you have a spare GBP �33,000 (USD $49,000) then website VeryFirstTo.com may have the answer.

They are selling a 38cm high Easter bunny, which has been hand-carved from a block of 75 percent Tanzania-origin chocolate by award-winning chocolatier and International pastry consultant Martin Chiffers - a former chef decor of Harrods.

The bunny's eyes have added sparkle from two 1.70 carat round brilliant diamonds, which have been nestled into the chocolate, with a combined value of over GBP �25,000.

"We're now coming towards Easter and we wanted to come up with the dream Easter gift and we couldn't think of anything more unprecedented and remarkable than a beautifully carved chocolate Eater bunny enhanced by the most phenomenal 1.70 carat diamonds," says Marcel Knobil, founder of VeryFirstTo.

"I think most rabbits are probably accustomed to standard carrots but you can't imagine more impressive carats than these for what is the most extravagant Easter bunny in the world."

The chocolate bunny took two days to carve and weighs around five kilograms. That means that it contains about 584,000 calories.

And though it wasn't intended as an edible treat, the buyer may find it hard to resist.

"Every time I've been close to it, it's just smelt delicious," says Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77 Diamonds, who provided the stones.

"You just want to lean in and nibble the ear a little bit."

For those who can resist the temptation to eat it, the bunny can be displayed for two years if its temperature is regulated to around 16 degrees.

If it's purchased, a donation of GBP �1,000 will be made to The Prince's Trust charity.

77 Diamonds have offered to create a bespoke piece of jewelry for the buyer featuring the gems free of charge.

Smaller stones are available upon request, which would reduce the total cost.

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1. Medium shot Martin Chiffers posing with chocolate Easter bunny

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Chiffers/International Pastry Consultant and brand owner of Chiffers at Mitsukoshi Ginza Tokyo:

"Sitting behind me is a hand-carved chocolate rabbit with very sparkley eyes. I call him Bright Eyes."

3. Various of Martin Chiffers posing with chocolate Easter bunny

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Chiffers/International Pastry Consultant and brand owner of Chiffers at Mitsukoshi Ginza Tokyo:

"It started off with a solid piece of chocolate and basically it's a hand-carving. Wood-carving tools I use to carve the shape and to put all the details. It's slightly sprayed with some cocoa butter and then polished."

(Reporter: "And then obviously adding the diamonds.")

Chiffers: "The diamonds on the eyes, which were done this morning with a hot spoon."

5. Tilt up chocolate Easter bunny

6. Close up of chocolate Easter bunny diamond eyes

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcel Knobil/Founder of VeryFirstTo:

"We're now coming towards Easter and we wanted to come up with the dream Easter gift and we couldn't think of anything more unprecedented and remarkable than a beautifully carved chocolate Eater bunny enhanced by the most phenomenal 1.70 carat diamonds. I think most rabbits are probably accustomed to standard carrots but you can't imagine more impressive carats than these for what is the most extravagant Easter bunny in the world."

8. Close up of chocolate Easter bunny

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tobias Kormind/Managing Director of 77 Diamonds:

"Well that amazing rabbit was created by Martin, chocolate chef extraordinaire, in combination with VeryFirstTo. We're bringing this large chocolate rabbit out for the first time. We put some lovely, large diamonds inside, which we're happy afterwards, once the chocolate has all been eaten, to make some fabulous jewelry with a matching pair of diamond earrings."

10. Various close ups of chocolate Easter bunny

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcel Knobil/Founder of VeryFirstTo:

"We weren't anticipating that people were actually going to eat it, we just thought that they would proudly display it, but having been close to it and smelt the power of that 75 percent Tanzanian origin chocolate, I think it's going to be very difficult to resist."

12. Various close ups of chocolate Easter bunny

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tobias Kormind/Managing Director of 77 Diamonds:

"Every time I've been close to it, it's just smelt delicious. You just want to lean in and nibble the ear a little bit."

14. Wide shot of chocolate Easter bunny

SHOTLIST

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1. Trailer clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on the film:

"It's like the 'Avengers' for kids. It's every character that you knew growing up - from Santa Claus to Sandman to the Tooth Fairy to the Easter Bunny - all brought together as this fantastic crime fighting team."

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3. Trailer clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

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London, 19 September 2012

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on it being his first magical character and the animation process:

"It is my first character with magical powers, yes."

Reporter: "Are you quite pleased?"

Pine: "Yeah, unfortunately I'm just in a studio somewhere in Burbank trying to figure out how to make these lines read. The interesting thing about animation is that, one, it takes so long to make and two, the creative process is so split up, so you have animators off in a room figuring it out on that end and then you have all the actors all over the world trying to figure out their end with the voices. By the time you get to see it all put together it's many, many months, even years down the road. I just saw one version of it three months ago and was kind of astounded by how unique the art looked and it's a wonderful surprise to wait all that time to see actually how it is all put together."

DreamWorks/Paramount

5. Trailer clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on how he dresses when doing his voiceovers:

"I remember this from the days when I used to go out for commercials, I would always go to the commercials and it would be me and a guy that looked like Tarzan next to me and I always felt like a schmuck that I was on these awful auditions. Then there would be these guys in sweat pants and mesh shorts who looked like they hadn't shaved in many months. They looked like they were having the time of their lives and they were always the voiceover artists. So, comfort's the name of the game I guess, sweat pants and sandals."

DreamWorks/Paramount

7. Trailer clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

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London, 19 September 2012

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on the kids in his family being able to watch the film:

"It's probably between this and what I called my big hair picture, 'The Princess Diaries 2.' Yeah, this would be the only one. I'm really, really excited to show my nephew and all the kids in my life this film. For me, growing up Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room, but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus and when would they meet up. So to have this kind of movie come out at that time of year, in the fall, I think it's really exciting. It just adds to the magic of that time of year."

DreamWorks/Paramount

9. Trailer clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

STORYLINE

CHRIS PINE GETS ANIMATED AS JACK FROST IN NEW MOVIE

Chris Pine takes on his first voice-over role as Jack Frost in DreamWorks animated film "Rise of the Guardians."

His winter wonderland character is asked to join Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy - played by Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher - to defeat a bogeyman called Pitch (Jude Law).

"It's like the 'Avengers' for kids," Pine explains. "It's every character that you knew growing up - from Santa Claus to Sandman to the Tooth Fairy to the Easter Bunny - all brought together as this fantastic crime fighting team."

"Rise of the Guardians" is Pine's first animated movie. He says the most magical part of making the film was getting to see his vocals combined with the animators' work:

"By the time you get to see it all put together, it's many, many months, even years down the road. I saw one version of it three months ago and was astounded by how unique the art looked."

Pine shot to international fame playing a James T. Kirk in 2009's "Star Trek" movie. Since then he's starred in big budget flicks like "Unstoppable," "This Means War," and "People Like Us."

However "Rise of the Guardians" is his first kid friendly movie.

"This would be the only one. I'm really, really excited to show my nephew and all the kids in my life this film," he says.

"For me, growing up Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus and when would they meet up. So to have this kind of movie come out at that time of year, I think it's really exciting," he adds.

"Rise of the Guardians" is released in the U.K. on Friday 30 November and the U.S. on 21 November.

"Star Trek Into The Darkness" is due for release next year.

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1. Various, exterior of shop, La Maison du Chocolat

2. Various, people are looking in windows of shop

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop (No name given):

"I''d love.. they are huge eggs. Oh right, no, I don''t get paid that much."

3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop (No name given):

"I wouldn''t have known that there were diamonds if you hadn''t said. I have to say, apart from the fact that they sparkle. Yes, it is an enormous egg. I think I''d quite like to eat only chocolate egg actually. Very impressive."

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop (No name given):

"No, if I had that much money I''d buy a yacht or a beautiful house, but not a chocolate egg."

6. Security and people looking at the egg

5. Guards near the egg

6. Various, egg

7. Various close ups of diamonds

8. Security and the egg

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Neil Duttson, Duttson Diamonds:

"No, no accidents, and no-one has tried to steal the diamonds. But we have taken a few enquiries from people who wanted to buy it. So it would be quite interesting to see what happens."

(Q: "How many people wanted to buy?")

"We''ve had a few, it''s a client confidentiality, but about four."

10. Buyers in shop

11. Close shot, hands

12. Children near egg

13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Philippe Allard, Manager, La Maison du Chocolat store:

(Q: "What if someone eat accidentally the diamond?")

"Oh, we have been assured that it doesn''t harm your health, a little bit your wallet but not your health at all."

14. Girl looking at egg

15. Various, people outside shop

16. Mid shot, family looking at egg inside shop

17. Wide shot, press taking pictures of the egg

STORYLINE:

Chocolate eggs and bunnies usually fly off the shelves at Easter, but this holiday treat may not move as quickly.

The Diamond Stella Egg, covered in 100 half-carat diamonds, priced at 50-thousand pounds - equivalent to 87-thousand US dollars - was unveiled on Tuesday at La Maison du Chocolat in London.

On Wednesday it was drawing in the crowds.

The egg, which stands more than two feet (60 centimetres) tall, was made at a specialty shop in Paris.

No glue or tape was used to attach the diamonds, after the shop in London received the chocolate egg from Paris, a chef melted small sections of it in order to place the diamonds around the outside according to a store spokesman.

The inside of the egg contains peach and apricot chocolate and pralines.

Duttson Diamonds, also in London, provided the jewels for the Diamond Stella Egg.

Neil Duttson, said that there had already been four enquires from prospective buyers of the egg.

The manager of the La Maison du Chocolat store Philippe Allard, said that accidentally eating a diamond from the egg would not be dangerous - except financially.

"We have been assured that it doesn''t harm your health" he said, "a little bit your wallet but not your health at all".

The egg will be kept at the store on London''s Piccadilly, until a buyer turns up with a 50-thousand pound banker''s draft.

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SHOTLIST

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London, 19 September 2012

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on how much of a film fan he is:

"I am but I'm not. By no means, I'm no cinefile. I'm not all that well versed in it but I have also been alive for 32 years and so you pick some things up. (Kevin) Costner for me growing up was like huge. I love baseball. And 'Dances With Wolves' was I guess one of the first...maybe it one of the first films that I looked at with a critical movie eye, like 'how did that work out? How did he shoot that?' You know. Maybe from a directors eye. It's one of these things that if you are awake enough and aware enough to step back some days filming and kind of look at the people that you have around you and get a chance to take in the fact that you are able to work with them and not... it goes from being, you go from kind of awe-inspired - like working with Denzel (Washington) - awe-inspired to go into work every day and try to figure the scene out with someone that you can hopefully call your peer. It's incredible."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on whether he'd like to direct:

"Yeah I would love to at some point. I don't know how soon but I definitely have, I'm a virgo so I definitely have a little... It would be nice to have some control in the film business after some years of not having it."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on possible upcoming theater work and what he loves about the theater:

"It's not happening yet. I was talking to the people involved in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' but that's not happening."

Reporter: "Is that something, Broadway, not necessarily that play, but is that something that is..."

Pine: "Yes, yeah for sure."

Reporter: "And why is that?"

Pine: "I love theater, I love theater often times more than film. They definitely compete for my affections. Nothing beats being in front of an audience. I just went to the Donmar (Donmar Warehouse in London) the other night and saw something here, never been to the Donmar and that kind of... Went to the Globe and saw Mark Rylance in 'Richard III.' Nothing beats... if it's all clicking on the right cylinders and in the right space, live theater, anything live, live music, comedy can be more exciting than anything."

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4. Chris Pine at the premiere of "Rise of the Guardians" x 2

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5. Chris Pine greeting fan at UK premiere of "This Means War"

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6. Chris Pine at the premiere for "Star Trek"

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7. Trailer clip - "Rise of the Guardians"

8. Film clip - "Rise of the Guardians"

STORYLINE

FILM FAN CHRIS PINE'S DIRECTORIAL ASPIRATIONS

Chris Pine likes to conquer new ground in the film industry.

The "Star Trek" actor recently voiced his first animation, "Rise of the Guardians" - a magical adventure that sees Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman try to stop a bogeyman called Pitch from taking over the world.

Pine plays the mischievous Jack Frost who is asked to join forces with Santa and his gang.

But there's another film first that Pine has his eye on - directing.

"I would love to at some point. I don't know how soon," says the star.

"I'm a virgo so... It would be nice to have some control in the film business after some years of not having it."

Though he's a big fan of movies, Pine says he's "no cinefile."

"I'm not all that well versed in it but I have also been alive for 32 years and so you pick some things up," he explains.

"(Kevin) Costner for me growing up was like huge. I love baseball. And 'Dances With Wolves' was I guess one of the first...maybe it one of the first films that I looked at with a critical movie eye, like 'how did that work out? How did he shoot that?' You know. Maybe from a directors eye. It's one of these things that if you are awake enough and aware enough to step back some days filming and kind of look at the people that you have around you and get a chance to take in the fact that you are able to work with them and not... it goes from being, you go from kind of awe-inspired - like working with Denzel (Washington) - awe-inspired to go into work every day and try to figure the scene out with someone that you can hopefully call your peer. It's incredible."

Pine relishes playing high profile movie roles, such as James T. Kirk in "Star Trek" and the upcoming sequel, "Star Trek Into Darkness."

He's currently shooting Kenneth Branagh's "Jack Ryan" in which he stars as the famous Tom Clancy character.

But the actor says he also loves the stage.

"I love theater often times more than film," he admits.

"They definitely compete for my affections. Nothing beats being in front of an audience. I just went to the Donmar (Donmar Warehouse in London) the other night and saw something here, never been to the Donmar and that kind of... Went to the Globe and saw Mark Rylance in 'Richard III.' Nothing beats... if it's all clicking on the right cylinders and in the right space, live theater, anything live, live music, comedy can be more exciting than anything."

"Rise of the Guardians" is released in the U.K. on Friday 30 November 2012 and the U.S. on 21 November 2012.

"Star Trek Into Darkness" is expected in May 2013 with "Jack Ryan" following at the end of that year.

SHOTLIST

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London, 15 November 2012

1. Tilt down of venue

2. Wide of fans waiting

3. Medium shot of film poster

4. Wide shot of Chris Pine posing for photographers

5. Cutaway photographers

6. Medium shot Chris Pine posing for photographers

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7. Film clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

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8. Medium shot Chris Pine speaking to reporter

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine/Actor - on his character Jack Frost:

"No, I think the great thing about the character is that he goes through very human things that we all go through. He's trying to find...there's a great moment in the film where Santa asks him what is his center, what is he meant to do, what is his purpose in life and that is a very simple and profound question everybody deals with. He's a kid that's felt alone all of his life and he is finally asked to join the cool gang after being disenfranchised and kicked out of it for so long. People deal with that in high school for God's sake, so I think it's a very universal theme kind of movie."

10. Medium shot Chris Pine speaking to reporter

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine/Actor - on whether he thought of his own childhood when playing the character:

"Oh, I don't know. I didn't specifically think about much of anything. I thought the script was great. It was very kind of clear what we had to do with my character and you want to feel at certain moments that Jack was really sad and that his mischief was coming from a sense of wanting to have friends and wanting to create fun in the world and make kids smile and the fact that no-one could see him or no-one knew where the fun was coming from made him sad, so yeah."

DreamWorks/Paramount

12. Film clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

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13. Medium shot Isla Fisher speaking to reporter

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Isla Fisher/Actress - on what it was like being the only woman in the main cast:

"It was a lot of fun. I mean with animated movies, traditionally you're just in a sound booth so you don't really meet the other cast anyway so I never felt that I was the only one of anything, I was just the only one."

Reporter: "Did you have a say in what the tooth fairy looked like?"

Fisher: "No. The movie's based on the Bill Joyce book, but three hundred years later, so she's already been designed and a lot of the way she looks dictated how I played her. She's part hummingbird so I made her talk very quickly."

15. Medium shot Peter Ramsey speaking to reporter

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Ramsey/Director - on whether he had actors in mind for each character when casting:

"We kind of went the other way around. We designed the characters, we were building their world and we started thinking of what the characters meant, what kind of personalities they had and then we decided to cast our characters based on those, like 'Who has the most in common with Santa Claus? Who's the perfect Tooth Fairy?' and that's how we cast our guys. We were able to let them be themselves because that's sort of how we cast the roles."

17. Wide shot of actors dressed as characters from the film

18. Close up of character

19. Wide shot Isla Fisher walks up to character and talks to them

20. Various of Peter Ramsey, Isla Fisher and Chris Pine posing for photographers

21. Wide shot Peter Ramsey cuts ribbon to open "Rise of the Guardians Wonderland"

22. Wide shot of Jack Frost Ice Slide

23. Pan shot as man comes down the slide

24. Wide shot of Santa Letter attraction

25. Medium shot of letterbox

26. Wide shot of Tooth Fairy Bungee

27. Medium shot of woman using Tooth Fairy Bungee

28. Wide shot of Sandman Sand Sculpture

29. Close up of Sand Sculpture

DreamWorks/Paramount

30. Trailer clip: "Rise of the Guardians"

STORYLINE

PINE AND FISHER BRING 'GUARDIANS' TO LONDON

Chris Pine and Isla Fisher were in London's Leicester Square Thursday (15 NOV. 2012) for the U.K. premiere of their new animated film "Rise of the Guardians."

The stars were joined on the carpet by director Peter Ramsey.

The movie is a magical adventure from DreamWorks that sees Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost band together to try to stop a bogeyman called Pitch from taking over the world.

It also stars the voices of Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman and Jude Law.

Speaking at the event, Ramsey said that he didn't have the actors in mind for the characters when he first started the project.

"We kind of went the other way around," he explained.

"We designed the characters, we were building their world and we started thinking of what the characters meant, what kind of personalities they had and then we decided to cast our characters based on those, like 'Who has the most in common with Santa Claus? Who's the perfect Tooth Fairy?' and that's how we cast our guys. We were able to let them be themselves because that's sort of how we cast the roles."

Actor Chris Pine plays the mischievous Jack Frost who is asked to join forces with Santa Claus and his gang.

"I think the great thing about the character is that he goes through very human things that we all go through," said Pine.

"There's a great moment in the film where Santa asks him what is his center, what is he meant to do, what is his purpose in life, and that is a very simple and profound question everybody deals with. He's a kid that's felt alone all of his life and he is finally asked to join the cool gang after being disenfranchised and kicked out of it for so long. People deal with that in high school for God's sake, so I think it's a very universal theme kind of movie."

Isla Fisher takes on the role of the Tooth Fairy. She says that as the character was already created, she built her performance around the images.

"The movie's based on the Bill Joyce book, but three hundred years later, so she's already been designed and a lot of the way she looks dictated how I played her. She's part hummingbird so I made her talk very quickly," she explained.

The evening also saw the opening of "Rise of the Guardians Wonderland" in Leicester Square Gardens. Peter Ramsey was on hand to cut the ribbon flaked by his two stars.

The area features attractions such as the Bunnymead Maze, Tooth Fairy Bungee, Jack Frost Ice Slide, Sand Sculpture and Santa Letter activities, which will open to the public on Friday (16 NOV. 2012).

"Rise of the Guardians" is released in the U.K. on Friday 30 November 2012 and the U.S. on 21 November 2012.

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on whether as a child he was scared of the bogey man:

Reporter: "When you were younger were you ever scared of the bogey man?"

Pine: "Yeah I mean I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to be without, you know with the lights off totally. That's why they make night lights you know. Yeah, I guess it took me some time to get used to it."

Reporter: "Can you put an age on that?"

Pine: "24, yeah."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on what gave him nightmares:

Reporter: "What gave you nightmares?"

Pine: "Giant clowns. No I'm joking, I wanted to give you something that would make your eyes pop. What gave me nightmares? Not a fan of spiders, really, Arachnophobia, I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia' which single handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life, but yeah."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine, actor - on his favorite story when he was a child:

Reporter: "What was your favorite story when you was a kid?"

Pine: "I think Narnia, the books of Narnia. My dad, we read those when I was a kid, loved those, read all of them, I loved them, loved them, loved them."

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4. Film clips - "Rise of the Guardians" x 2

STORYLINE

CHRIS PINE FIGHTS HIS CHILDHOOD FEAR IN NEW MOVIE

As a kid, Chris Pine used to be afraid of the bogeyman. Now he fights one on the big screen.

The 32-year-old American actor is taking on his first voice-over role as Jack Frost in Dreamworks animated film "Rise of the Guardians."

His winter wonderland character is asked to join Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy - played by Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher - to defeat a bogeyman called Pitch (Jude Law).

In real life Pine's childhood fear of the fictional character is something he reckons many children share.

"I mean I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to be without - you know with the lights off totally. That's why they make night lights you know. Yeah, I guess it took me some time to get used to it."

But how long?

The "Star Trek" actor jokes that it wasn't until he was 24 that he got over his fear of the dark and what lies in the shadows.

So, while sleeping with the light on, if it wasn't the bogeyman giving him the shivers what else gave him nightmares?

"Not a fan of spiders," reveals Pine. "I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia' which single handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life."

"Rise of the Guardians" is based on William Joyce's "The Guardians of Childhood" best-selling book series which has struck a chord with children around the world.

For Pine, as a child it was the fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis which captured his imagination.

"I think Narnia, the books of Narnia. My dad, we read those when I was a kid, loved those, read all of them, I loved them, loved them, loved them."

"The Chronicles of Narnia" were first published in 1950 and have since been adapted for film and television.

"Rise of the Guardians" is released in the US on 21 November 2012.

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Tastes of bonfires and hot curry, it's the heady mix which kicks off the International Chocolate Show in London.

Everything including the designer chocolate dresses and afternoon chocolate tea was on the golden theme of Autumn.

STORY-LINE:

This is how to be the queen of the catwalk.

The bodice is made of chocolate covered nuts, the sceptre and the golden orb are 24 carat chocolate.

Shakespeare's Henry IV said: "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown."

But there's no sign of a melt down here, although if you look closely you'll see some of the creations are reaching room temperature.

And while catwalk models show no sign of getting hot under the collar, it's a well known fact that chocolate melts at body temperature.

The theme of the Chocolate Show in London this year is autumn and it's reflected in the elaborate frocks on show.

There's even a traditional Scottish highlander whose sabre and sporran are one hundred percent cacao, even the design of his tartan kilt is made of coloured chocolate.

The fashion parade at the Chocolate Show has become an annual highlight and soon it will be touring the world.

The founder and owner of the show Sylvie Douce says: "The name of the cover of the chocolate is a dress and for that reason we decided to create dresses made in chocolate."

Douce believes the French passion for chocolate and fashion go hand in glove: "It's art, you know the couture fashion is art and the chocolate maker is a job of art because they are creators together and together they can make something unique."

A big trend in the world of chocolate this year is a taste for the unusual.

Russell Pullan of 5th Dimension Chocolates has mastered the art of surprise with his mustard, lemon chutney and curry which are designed to warm you up when it's cold outside.

The curry is a new flavour this year and Pullan can't get enough of it: "It's a milk chocolate shell is this, you can see the centre of it now. I'm getting some raisons from that to start with and then you can feel the spices of the curry coming through."

At this time of year it's not unexpected to see the stands dressed with a few pumpkins, but these are not one of your five a day.

The Hill Street brothers Chris and Greg Smith are out to prove that when it comes to chocolate all is not as it seems, especially when it's Halloween.

Here it's all being washed down with a flute of chocolate flavoured champagne.

There are some interesting faces at the show this year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and her beloved corgis sit on the same stand as Benedict Cumberbatch.

Now his fans can enjoy the Cumberbatch Bunny, it's being launched now for Easter.

The champagne is one of the new launches at the show, as is the chocolate flavoured candy floss which is the invention from Claire Smith who founded the English chocolate house "A Little Piece of Love".

At the centre is a chocolate troll, to remind you that this is the season of witches and wizards and generally unusual things.

When the English head towards the winter months, they like nothing more that to indulge in a traditional 'afternoon tea' of dainty sandwiches and delicate sweets.

Of course this is not the Mad Hatter's tea party from Alice in Wonderland, but chocolatier Paul A. Young and Ashley Wells an executive chef at the Intercontinental, have been concocting a surprise.

Young explains: "We've come together as a collaboration to create an afternoon tea that spans from now right through autumn, then there'll be a Christmas twist in there as well, but with the flavours of autumn and the textures all edible."

Even the savouries like the roast beef sandwiches feature white chocolate horseradish cream.

Salted caramel white and dark chocolate replaces the cream and jam, but the big surprise visitors will get at the Intercontinental is hidden in this box.

Blackcurrant thyme leaves, and a chocolate pod featuring cardamom ganache and cedar wood chocolate twigs.

Young says his favourite is the Bonfire cone which has real smoke flavour: "My favourite bit, or our favourite bit (pointing to Ashley Wells) is this, it's a bonfire cone and the ganache in there tastes of bonfire, it's smoky, warming, crackly and the crunchiness of the cone is like crackly wood. It's the best bit, and I'm going to taste it, it's like the smell of burning embers, crackling embers, burning leaves, it's sweet it's delicate and it's got heat at the end."

There's a new trend in place for Christmas as well. The chocolate tree is filled with presents for each of your guests.

The idea is that they all take away part of the tree and the village below when they leave.

The show is touring various parts of Europe before going to the Far East, including Korea.

The International Chocolate Show is in London until the 16th October.

London, UK - 13 October 2016

1. Various of Chocolate Show fashion catwalk with dresses and costumes incorporating chocolate

2. Mid of audience at Chocolate Show

3. Various of Chocolate Show owner Sylvie Douce being introduced on stage and addressing audience

4. Wide of audience

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sylvie Douce, founder, The Chocolate Show

"The name of the cover of the chocolate is a dress and for that reason we decided to create dresses made in chocolate."

6. Mid tilt up on stage of model wearing sparkling chocolate leaf dress and eating chocolate lolly

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sylvie Douce, founder, The Chocolate Show

"It's art, you know the couture fashion is art and the chocolate maker is a job of art because they are creators together and together they can make something unique."

8. Wide of chocolate high heeled shoes on stand

9. Close of shoe with heel studded with edible pearls

10. Mid zoom in on men's chocolate brogue shoes

11. Various close of chocolates on stand focussing on specialist tastes including curry, lemon chutney, mustard and basil

12. Close of tag for mustard chocolate

13. Close defocus on lemon chutney chocolate

14. Wide of Russell Pullan co-founder of 5th Dimension Chocolates

15. Various of Pullan choosing chocolates

16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Russell Pullan, co-founder, 5th Dimension Chocolates

"It's a milk chocolate shell is this, you can see the centre of it now. I'm getting some raisons from that to start with and then you can feel the spices of the curry coming through."

17. Close of chocolates on a stand next to Halloween pumpkins in picnic basket on Hill Street Experience stand

18. Close of pumpkin

19. Close of Greg Smith

20. Close of Chris Smith

21. Close of Chris Smith reaching into the basket and grabbing a pumpkin

22. Close of Chris Smith crushing the pumpkin in his bare hands revealing it's made of chocolate

23. Various of the Smith brothers eating their pumpkin chocolate

24. Close of bottle of Hudson and Bond's chocolate champagne being wiped

25. Various of champagne being poured into glass

26. Close of stand with chocolate head of actor Benedict Cumberbatch sitting next to white, gold and dark chocolate 'Cumberbatch bunnies'

27. Close of life sized chocolate bust of the British Queen Elizabeth

28. Various of white and dark chocolate life sized busts of the Queen and corgi dogs

29. Various of Claire Smith founder of A Little Piece of Love covering chocolate troll lolly in chocolate flavour candy floss

30. Close of candy floss being handed to one of a group of women visitors

31. Mid of young woman eating the candy floss troll

32. Mid of chocolatier Paul Young sitting down to traditional English 'afternoon tea party' with executive chef of the Intercontinental Park Lane

33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul A. Young, chocolatier

"We've come together as a collaboration to create an afternoon tea that spans from now right through autumn, then there'll be a Christmas twist in there as well, but with the flavours of autumn and the textures all edible."

34. Close of open dainty sandwiches with salmon and tuna

35. Close of scones

36. Close of plate stand with food being passed by Young to Wells

37. Close of Wells eating sandwich

38. Close of sandwiches

39. Mid of Young choosing sandwich and eating it

40. Close of surprise autumn box which contains the 'bonfire cone'

41. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul A. Young, chocolatier

"My favourite bit, or our favourite bit (pointing to Ashley Wells) is this, it's a bonfire cone and the ganache in there tastes of bonfire, it's smoky, warming, crackly and the crunchiness of the cone is like crackly wood. It's the best bit, and I'm going to taste it, it's like the smell of burning embers, crackling embers, burning leaves, it's sweet it's delicate and it's got heat at the end."

42. Various of chocolate Christmas tree and village

LEAD IN:

Tastes of bonfires and hot curry, it's the heady mix which kicks off the International Chocolate Show in London.

Everything including the designer chocolate dresses and afternoon chocolate tea was on the golden theme of Autumn.

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This is how to be the queen of the catwalk.

The bodice is made of chocolate covered nuts, the sceptre and the golden orb are 24 carat chocolate.

Shakespeare's Henry IV said: "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown."

But there's no sign of a melt down here, although if you look closely you'll see some of the creations are reaching room temperature.

And while catwalk models show no sign of getting hot under the collar, it's a well known fact that chocolate melts at body temperature.

The theme of the Chocolate Show in London this year is autumn and it's reflected in the elaborate frocks on show.

There's even a traditional Scottish highlander whose sabre and sporran are one hundred percent cacao, even the design of his tartan kilt is made of coloured chocolate.

The fashion parade at the Chocolate Show has become an annual highlight and soon it will be touring the world.

The founder and owner of the show Sylvie Douce says: "The name of the cover of the chocolate is a dress and for that reason we decided to create dresses made in chocolate."

Douce believes the French passion for chocolate and fashion go hand in glove: "It's art, you know the couture fashion is art and the chocolate maker is a job of art because they are creators together and together they can make something unique."

A big trend in the world of chocolate this year is a taste for the unusual.

Russell Pullan of 5th Dimension Chocolates has mastered the art of surprise with his mustard, lemon chutney and curry which are designed to warm you up when it's cold outside.

The curry is a new flavour this year and Pullan can't get enough of it: "It's a milk chocolate shell is this, you can see the centre of it now. I'm getting some raisons from that to start with and then you can feel the spices of the curry coming through."

At this time of year it's not unexpected to see the stands dressed with a few pumpkins, but these are not one of your five a day.

The Hill Street brothers Chris and Greg Smith are out to prove that when it comes to chocolate all is not as it seems, especially when it's Halloween.

Here it's all being washed down with a flute of chocolate flavoured champagne.

There are some interesting faces at the show this year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and her beloved corgis sit on the same stand as Benedict Cumberbatch.

Now his fans can enjoy the Cumberbatch Bunny, it's being launched now for Easter.

The champagne is one of the new launches at the show, as is the chocolate flavoured candy floss which is the invention from Claire Smith who founded the English chocolate house "A Little Piece of Love".

At the centre is a chocolate troll, to remind you that this is the season of witches and wizards and generally unusual things.

When the English head towards the winter months, they like nothing more that to indulge in a traditional 'afternoon tea' of dainty sandwiches and delicate sweets.

Of course this is not the Mad Hatter's tea party from Alice in Wonderland, but chocolatier Paul A. Young and Ashley Wells an executive chef at the Intercontinental, have been concocting a surprise.

Young explains: "We've come together as a collaboration to create an afternoon tea that spans from now right through autumn, then there'll be a Christmas twist in there as well, but with the flavours of autumn and the textures all edible."

Even the savouries like the roast beef sandwiches feature white chocolate horseradish cream.

Salted caramel white and dark chocolate replaces the cream and jam, but the big surprise visitors will get at the Intercontinental is hidden in this box.

Blackcurrant thyme leaves, and a chocolate pod featuring cardamom ganache and cedar wood chocolate twigs.

Young says his favourite is the Bonfire cone which has real smoke flavour: "My favourite bit, or our favourite bit (pointing to Ashley Wells) is this, it's a bonfire cone and the ganache in there tastes of bonfire, it's smoky, warming, crackly and the crunchiness of the cone is like crackly wood. It's the best bit, and I'm going to taste it, it's like the smell of burning embers, crackling embers, burning leaves, it's sweet it's delicate and it's got heat at the end."

There's a new trend in place for Christmas as well. The chocolate tree is filled with presents for each of your guests.

The idea is that they all take away part of the tree and the village below when they leave.

The show is touring various parts of Europe before going to the Far East, including Korea.

The International Chocolate Show is in London until the 16th October.

London, UK - 13 October 2016

1. Various of Chocolate Show fashion catwalk with dresses and costumes incorporating chocolate

2. Mid of audience at Chocolate Show

3. Various of Chocolate Show owner Sylvie Douce being introduced on stage and addressing audience

4. Wide of audience

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sylvie Douce, founder, The Chocolate Show

"The name of the cover of the chocolate is a dress and for that reason we decided to create dresses made in chocolate."

6. Mid tilt up on stage of model wearing sparkling chocolate leaf dress and eating chocolate lolly

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sylvie Douce, founder, The Chocolate Show

"It's art, you know the couture fashion is art and the chocolate maker is a job of art because they are creators together and together they can make something unique."

8. Wide of chocolate high heeled shoes on stand

9. Close of shoe with heel studded with edible pearls

10. Mid zoom in on men's chocolate brogue shoes

11. Various close of chocolates on stand focussing on specialist tastes including curry, lemon chutney, mustard and basil

12. Close of tag for mustard chocolate

13. Close defocus on lemon chutney chocolate

14. Wide of Russell Pullan co-founder of 5th Dimension Chocolates

15. Various of Pullan choosing chocolates

16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Russell Pullan, co-founder, 5th Dimension Chocolates

"It's a milk chocolate shell is this, you can see the centre of it now. I'm getting some raisons from that to start with and then you can feel the spices of the curry coming through."

17. Close of chocolates on a stand next to Halloween pumpkins in picnic basket on Hill Street Experience stand

18. Close of pumpkin

19. Close of Greg Smith

20. Close of Chris Smith

21. Close of Chris Smith reaching into the basket and grabbing a pumpkin

22. Close of Chris Smith crushing the pumpkin in his bare hands revealing it's made of chocolate

23. Various of the Smith brothers eating their pumpkin chocolate

24. Close of bottle of Hudson and Bond's chocolate champagne being wiped

25. Various of champagne being poured into glass

26. Close of stand with chocolate head of actor Benedict Cumberbatch sitting next to white, gold and dark chocolate 'Cumberbatch bunnies'

27. Close of life sized chocolate bust of the British Queen Elizabeth

28. Various of white and dark chocolate life sized busts of the Queen and corgi dogs

29. Various of Claire Smith founder of A Little Piece of Love covering chocolate troll lolly in chocolate flavour candy floss

30. Close of candy floss being handed to one of a group of women visitors

31. Mid of young woman eating the candy floss troll

32. Mid of chocolatier Paul Young sitting down to traditional English 'afternoon tea party' with executive chef of the Intercontinental Park Lane

33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul A. Young, chocolatier

"We've come together as a collaboration to create an afternoon tea that spans from now right through autumn, then there'll be a Christmas twist in there as well, but with the flavours of autumn and the textures all edible."

34. Close of open dainty sandwiches with salmon and tuna

35. Close of scones

36. Close of plate stand with food being passed by Young to Wells

37. Close of Wells eating sandwich

38. Close of sandwiches

39. Mid of Young choosing sandwich and eating it

40. Close of surprise autumn box which contains the 'bonfire cone'

41. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul A. Young, chocolatier

"My favourite bit, or our favourite bit (pointing to Ashley Wells) is this, it's a bonfire cone and the ganache in there tastes of bonfire, it's smoky, warming, crackly and the crunchiness of the cone is like crackly wood. It's the best bit, and I'm going to taste it, it's like the smell of burning embers, crackling embers, burning leaves, it's sweet it's delicate and it's got heat at the end."

42. Various of chocolate Christmas tree and village

SOME IDEAS FOR TREATING A FAVORED NEWBORN LIKE ROYALTY

With Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, expecting their first child in late April or early May, friends and family will be looking for that extra special baby gift to celebrate the arrival fo a new royal.

According to Shanil Malam – toy concierge at Harrods department store in London – a classic Steiff bear is always a good option.

The German company has been producing handcrafted teddy bears since 1880 and offer something that a new child will cherish "for the years to come."

"You can get monogramming done so it's literally their name, their date of birth," he says.

Other options for newborns at the London department store include boy/girl-themed outfits, silverware and personalized baby hampers.

It even offers a range of high-class strollers, such as a top of the line, hand-built model from Aston Martin.

What does actual royalty use?

Well, in Britain it's usually Silver Cross. Founded in 1877, the company has been bouncing royal babies in their fancy prams since the birth of King George VI.

Prince Charles got around in one when he was born and now the three children of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, have shared their Silver Cross ride.

As for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's child, we'll just have to wait and see.

Harry and Meghan are reportedly keen to celebrate the birth of their baby privately as a new family, so it might be a while before we see the royal couple out and about with their new child and upmarket stroller.

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Archive: London, 15 July 2013

1. Medium of tourists outside Harrods department store

2. Close up of Harrods emblem

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London, 16 April 2019

3. Wide, push in to close of baby gifts window display

4. Medium of toy solider

5. Close up of doll

6. Medium close of pink crown cushion

7. Close up, pull out to medium of Aston Martin pushchair wheel

8. Medium of pram

9. Medium of pram

10. Close up of Marie Chantal logo

11. Wide pan of baby clothes room

12. Wide, push in of shelf with teddy bears

13. Medium pan left to right of shelf

14. Close-up of unicorn teddy

15. Close-up of teddy bears

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on how you become a toy concierge:

"So, becoming a toy concierge, I had to kind of gain product knowledge. So, from like the first, let's say, month of my role here, I was in customer services, so, kind of being on the shop floor, kind of moving around from room to room gaining that customer… or customer, kind of, let's say, customer requirements and built a kind of product knowledge from there and kind of got my expertise from that."

17. Medium wide of soft toys

18. Close-up, pull focus of bunny toys

19. Close-up, pan left to right of silverware

20. Close-up, pull focus of silverware

21. Pan left to right of display case

22. Close up, pull out of bib

23. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on what a toy concierge does:

"A normal scenario will be a parent not knowing what they want to get for their kids so they literally are just like, 'I've got a six year old, I want to buy this. They're into football or they're into action hero, or action toys,' and that's how we kind of build a relationship and then kind of move on from there."

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Archive: Birkenhead, 14 January 2019

24. Medium of Duchess of Sussex examining child's knitted hat

25. Medium shot audience

26. Wide shot Duchess of Sussex

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Archive: London, 7 February 2019

27. Close-up Duke and Duchess of Sussex talking to guests

28. Tilt up from Duchess' baby bump

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Archive: London, 30 January 2019

29. Wide shot Duchess of Sussex speaking to metalworkers

30. Various shots Duchess of Sussex speaking to metalworkers

31. Close-up baby bump

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London, 16 April 2019

32. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on buying for a royal baby:

(Reporter: "If you had to give people advice on buying something for a royal baby, what kind of thing would you go for?")

"So I have always said to someone that is wanting to buy a gift for a baby, something that they can always remember. So something like a Steiff bear, where it's handmade. You can get monogramming done so it's literally their name, their date of birth, and then you can kind of remember that and kind of hold on to it for the years to come, rather than a toy where they just going to grow out of."

33. Wide of cuddly toys room

34. Various of cuddly toys

35. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on playing with the toys:

"We have the option to. Like, there's always an option to play with toys so even if… let's say for example it's quiet or you want to interact with the kids, so even if it's like, for example, Easter, we can have like private tours coming in where they, we surprise and delight customers or their children. They will be like literally so engaged, where you can play with snow or you can play with the air ball, you can play with LEGO. So it's all kind of free flowing. It's a fun atmosphere."

36. Wide of "It's a boy!" baby outfits

37. Medium of baby outfits

38. Medium wide of "It's a girl!" baby outfits