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! Continue reading “Photos from ‘Lovely Bones’ premiere”
Category: PJ’s Other Films
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..
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 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. Continue reading “Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones’”
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..
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!