The Oscar-winning creative team behind the “The Lord of the Rings” films, including director Peter Jackson, has been named to run the production of the upcoming film based on Microsoft Corp.’s blockbuster “Halo” video game, the company said on Tuesday. Jackson and his wife, Fran Walsh, will serve as the executive producers for “Halo,” which is targeted for worldwide release in mid-2007 by Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox film studios. Universal will oversee the film’s production and domestic distribution. Fox will handle international distribution. “Halo” will be shot in Wellington, New Zealand, and will use Jackson’s production and post-production facilities there. “I’m a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come alive on the cinema screen,” Jackson said in a statement. [More]
Day: October 4, 2005
Academy Award-winning Wellington scriptwriter Fran Walsh is to be awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from Victoria University at its May graduation ceremonies. Ms Walsh, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria in 1981, began her career as a fledgling scriptwriter working in television, including writing episodes of Worzel Gummidge, Down Under and Shark in the Park. She then went on to collaborate with Peter Jackson in such full-length films as Meet the Feebles (1989), Braindead (1992), Heavenly Creatures (1994), and The Frighteners (1996). [More]
Ravyneyez writes: I just opened my SciFi wire and found a small blurb about Sean Bean’s new movie Silent Hill (video game inspired movie). It’s directed by the Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf) and he mentions PJ when speaking of his current director. Sounds like a movie to look out for. [More]