Of fate, heaven and ‘Lovely Bones’

December 30th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Director Peter Jackson gave Susie Salmon a trippy afterlife in his adaptation of the bestseller, a film he says he was destined to make.
‘The Lovely Bones’. In Alice Sebold’s bestselling book “The Lovely Bones,” after 14-year-old Susie Salmon is raped and murdered by her next-to-door neighbor, she ends up in the afterworld, not quite heaven, but a sort of cosmic way station that looks much like Susie’s old terrestrial stomping grounds — a typical American suburb, with a junior high school, subdivisions and a mall. More..

Peter Jackson Talks LOVELY BONES

December 30th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Part 1 of Peter Jackson’s interview on the Aussie 7.30 Report TV show was dedicated to The Lovely Bones, take a look.

Peter Jackson to adapt sci-fi series

December 21st, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Peter Jackson is secretly working to adapt the Mortal Engines fantasy novels for the screen. The hush-hush project is understood to be in early development, with work on the first of the four books under way, industry sources say. Weta Workshops is also believed to be working on designs for the science fiction series, which features giant mobile cities. A spokesman for Jackson did not deny the project was on the books yesterday, but said “any comment should come from Peter”. More..

Interested in ‘Mortal Engines’? Take a look at our links from Amazon. (try Amazon.ca as well!)

The Golden Globes of interest are . . .

December 15th, 2009 by MrCere | Discuss | Comments Off

This morning in the U.S. the Golden Globe nominations were announced and while entertainment junkies like us enjoy the whole list, there are a couple of noms of special interest (Peter Jackson and Weta related) we wanted to point out, but we are going to make you click once to see the list:

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Photos from ‘Lovely Bones’ premiere

December 11th, 2009 by MrCere Comments Off

With the crush of news on the weekend, we are a little late in posting these but Paramount sent along some images from the Los Angeles premiere of Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones” at Mann’s Grauman Chinese Theatre. They are just inside so please enjoy!

NY Post: Q&A: Peter Jackson

December 6th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Director Peter Jackson has given us dark lord Sauron from “The Lord of the Rings” and the giant ape in “King Kong.” On Friday, he unveils what could be his most horrific monster to date: Stanley Tucci. The actor plays Mr. Harvey, a twitchy child murderer with a bad comb-over, in “The Lovely Bones,” Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel.

In the film, which is part gritty crime thriller, part metaphysical mushroom trip, teenager Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is murdered on her way home from school in 1973. From a brightly colored, dreamlike purgatory known as the In-Between, her soul observes her family’s attempt to come to terms with the crime. Mark Wahlberg plays Susie’s father, Rachel Weisz, her mother, and Susan Sarandon, her hard-drinking grandmother. More..

Digg Dialogg: Peter Jackson

December 2nd, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

From Digg: We’re sitting down with Academy Award-winning Director Peter Jackson in anticipation of the upcoming release of his new movie, The Lovely Bones, for our next Digg Dialogg. We’ll be asking him the most popular questions submitted and voted upon by you. From now until Thursday, December 3rd at 5pm PT you can submit and Digg up questions to decide which will be asked. More..

Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones’

November 27th, 2009 by MrCere Comments Off

Peter Jackson is making the rounds promoting his film “The Lovely Bones.” Thanks to all those who are sending in the many stories from around the world regarding Jackson and his films. Some critics have savaged it and others (like Total Film, love it. Wherever he goes Jackson is getting questions about all his projects including his producers role on the two-film adaptation of “The Hobbit”. But Jackson fans (many of our readers) want to know first-hand what he has done with Alice Sebold’s novel so we have a few glimpses to hold you over until you can see it in theaters for yourselves on December 11.

Peter Jackson’s ghostly encounter

November 26th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Wellington film-maker Peter Jackson says he saw a real ghost once. In London for the premiere of The Lovely Bones – a film he has directed from Alice Sebold’s story in which a murdered teenage girl gives her viewpoint from heaven – Jackson said he did not know what a real soul was like. But he told Britain’s Channel 4 TV that while he could not swear the spirit in the movie was 100 percent accurate, he had seen a real ghost. More..

Video: Peter Jackson Talks Future Projects

November 26th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Andrea writes: We met Peter Jackson today in Rome, and we asked him about his new projects. You can see his answer in this video!

A another candidate for a dwarf?

November 24th, 2009 by MrCere Comments Off

Stephen Fry’s name has long been bandied about by fans as a possible and worthy choice to play a Dwarf in the upcoming two-movie film project “The Hobbit.” Today, spy “Dave” sent in a bit from the Twitterverse that leads us to think Jackson’s team and the project’s director Guillermo del Toro may be thinking the say way.

Jackson looking forward to ‘proud’ premiere

November 19th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Movie fans will again have stars in their eyes when The Lovely Bones gets the red carpet treatment at the Embassy Theatre. Two of the film’s biggest names – Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and nominee Saoirse Ronan – will attend the Kiwi premiere on December 14. New Zealand stars Rose McIver and Carolyn Dando are also expected to attend, along with Peter Jackson, who co-wrote, produced and directed the film. Fans will have the opportunity to collect autographs on the red carpet. The last major Hollywood film to have a Wellington premiere was Jackson’s King Kong in 2005, when thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the stars. More..