The Visual Effects Society has named the entire LOTR Trilogy on their list of the most influential visual…
Continue ReadingThe Visual Effects Society has named the entire LOTR Trilogy on their list of the most influential visual effects film of all time! From a select list of 50 titles, LOTR came in at the following numbers:
19. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
33. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
36. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Peter Jackson’s ‘King Kong’ was named 38th on the list, the original Star Wars comes out on top. Click here for the whole list. [More]
Committing at least $65 million, DreamWorks in association with Film 4 has won the bidding for Jackson’s bigscreen adaptation of Alice Sebold’s best-selling 2002 tome “The Lovely Bones.” Announcement came early Friday evening, capping a weeklong auction that had three other majors vying for Jackson’s project as well-Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal and Sony. Jackson is set to begin lensing in October in Pennsylvania and New Zealand from a script he co-wrote with “Lord of the Rings” collaborators Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh. Paramount, which owns DreamWorks, will distribute “Bones” worldwide, with Jackson promising to deliver the film by the fourth quarter 2008. [More]
Ringer spy Bernard checks in again with the very latest on Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones.” The story is spreading around various news agencies as they pick up old info and then infuse it with the latest nuggets. Today’s stuff concerns music, marketing expenses and Jackson’s leverage with major studios. All fascinating. Click to read it all
And if you haven’t read “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold I can only say that I loved this book. You can order it here.
Ringer spy Bernard writes in to point out the latest rumors about Peter Jackson and “The Lovely Bones.” Looks like PJ might make a little money on the book adaptation. The speculation and swirling talk around Hollywood is entertaining all by itself! Click here to read the whole story.
According to Variety Peter Jackson’s spec script for THE LOVELY BONES, which he co-wrote with partners Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, is being shopped around to studios this week. Jackson also plans to direct. (New Line won’t be receiving a copy.) The story centers on a 14-year-old girl who is raped and killed. Her spirit, however, keeps watch over her family and her killer. The script is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Sebold.
Order Alice Sebold’s amazing book ‘The Lovely Bones’ on Amazon.com today! [Order]
New Line’s option to make The Hobbit expires in 2009; maybe they don’t think Peter Jackson can get the movie made in time. The company is also already turning its attention to another mega-budgeted fantasy franchise, the His Dark Materials trilogy. But the studio’s motivations became more clear in January, when New Line co-CEO Robert Shaye couldn’t refrain from a retort.
“I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me. It will never happen during my watch,” he said, and then referred to Jackson as “misinformed” and “myopic.” [More]
