Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson may go a step further in their plans for three Tintin movies – by jointly directing the third installment. Spielberg raised the possibility before the release of his latest film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival at the weekend. “We are going to make three Tintin movies back-to-back. I’ll direct the first one, Peter will direct the second one. We’ll probably co-direct the third one.” Steven Spielberg reveals more Tintin plans
Category: Peter Jackson
Fans of Peter Jackson will want to check out this article from the ‘Great Directors’ database of the Australian film journal “Senses of Cinema”. It represents a nice retrospective of PJ’s career, including interesting facts about his major projects. Thanks to Matthew for the link. Read More
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro invite you to a live internet chat about The Hobbit on May 24 (May 25 in Australia/NZ). Peter and Guillermo would love to answer your questions and hear your comments about our new adventure into Middle-Earth. Please register now to make sure you don’t miss out on the Unexpected Party and get regular updates on the movies! Follow the registration link for instructions on submitting a question. Check out the rest of the story for chat times around the world and the text of PJ’s letter!
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From The Dominion Post (via www.stuff.co.nz) Auditions have started in Johannesburg for a big-budget sci-fi film produced by Peter Jackson. South Africa’s The Times said some of the alien invasion film District 9, directed by Neill Blomkamp, would be shot in Soweto later this year. The South African film industry had nicknamed it “Star Wars in Soweto”. Blomkamp was to have directed the now-mothballed Halo in Wellington.
Stories of dragons are as old as the written word and probably a lot older. To keep things inside the J.R.R. Tolkien realm, “Beowulf”, one of the oldest written stories of Europe features not only the monstrous Grendel but his serpentine Mother. Ancient biblical writings allude to the great serpent or dragon while global mythology has oversized lizard creatures popping up so consistently that some have suggested there must be some common shared memory or primitive survival instinct built into humanity to cause us to tell our tribal stories about such a monstrosity. Continue reading “The Dragon Problem: What challenges await GDT and WETA?”
Ringer Spy Elven was kind enough to transcribe the ‘To be Continued’ interview from last week where I discussed our exclusive chat with ‘Hobbit’ director Guillermo del Toro. Take a look! Continue reading “‘To be Continued’ Radio Interview Transcript”