Annie writes: There is a Peter Jackson season at the NFT (National Film Theatre) in London which started on the 5th December and runs until 30th December. It goes without saying that they are showing all of the Lord of the Rings films. [More]
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On this New York early winter morning, the top of the Empire State Building is coated in heavy cloud, the Manhattan streets below are slippery with snow, and the temperature hovers around zero. A few blocks away inside a chintzy hotel room above Park Avenue, Peter Jackson’s own observation deck is stuck in its own mental fog. Granted, he has been a bit busy at work. He nearly always is in December. Though this time last year was relatively light, a bit of a breather after the consecutive releases of the Lord of the Rings trilogy which became the cinematic grand finales of 2001-2003. [More]
Xoanon here, is it me or are all these interviews/articles sounding exactly the same? Yes he lost weight, yes he doesn’t wear glasses anymore, yes he’s tired from hard work, yes he did LOTR, sigh…am I bitter that I didn’t even get to see him while in New York? Most likely…ah well
Paul writes: New Zealand’s Oscar winning Peter Jackson first fell in love with the 1933 King Kong when he was a mere 9 years old. Now, a few decades later and the gargantuan success of Lord of the Rings behind him, Jackson has fulfilled his life long ambition by bringing the mighty Kong to the screen as only this director can. Looking far more svelte than the last time we met and surprisingly more subdued, Paul Fischer caught up with the director in New York. [More]
Anders writes: Swedish magazine Aftonbladet has interviewed Peter Jackson. He talks about how he had to pay parts of the movie himself and how he’s going to take at least a year off after the release of King Kong. The article is in Swedish. [More]
In Peter Jackson’s most recent Production Diary for King Kong he mentions that he will be doing many press junket interviews in New York City to promote King Kong. Here is one of the first few to pop online from the dudes over at CHUD.com: Devin writes: I hope Peter Jackson gets some sleep. The guy just seems exhausted. The last time I interviewed him was for The Two Towers, which means that he was right in the middle of all the Lord of the Rings business, and he still didn’t look as tired as he did last Thursday at New York City’s Regency Hotel. [More]
Andy Serkis, who has been hailed as the heart and soul of King Kong, put so much into his portrayal of the legendary giant gorilla that he wept tears of joy when he saw the full movie for the first time. The 41-year-old actor – who so memorably brought Gollum to the screen in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy – doubled for the computerised Kong in the epic movie, which also stars Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody and Jack Black. [More]