The plan was to be impartial and emotionless in the printed word and provide interested parties (hopefully you dear reader) all the facts and information from Peter Jackson’s un-press conference in San Diego as possible.
After all, he had 40 or so of us delighted to be trapped in a room with him in a small but luxurious hotel a few hundred meters from the convention center where the world’s biggest celebration of popular culture was taking place. It was the end of the first day of the four-day event and Jackson had swooped into town, showed off his first ever public screening of “District 9,” and then convened Geek Court. Continue reading “Peter Jackson speaks”
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“District 9,” is making a real splash here at Comic-Con and Peter Jackson is here in an all-out promotional blitz for the film he produced with director Neill Blomkamp that stars unkown Sharlto Copley. Continue reading “Jackson: The process of casting ‘The Hobbit’”
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Submitted by Ringer, SwedishEowyn
Greetings all in the world of Tolkien fandom! I recently spoke with Guillermo Del Toro at a book-signing event in Westwood, California, for his new vampire book “The Strain” (co-authored by Chuck Hogan) and how it ties in with his work on “The Hobbit” films.
Here is the complete transcript of our conversation…
Continue reading “SwedishEowyn Interviews Hobbit Director Guillermo del Toro”
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The four Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, reappear on the big screen this month in the second installment of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series. New Zealand director Andrew Adamson was responsible for bringing to the silver screen the first two chronicles, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. For each movie an entire world had to be created with a history, landscape, creatures big and small, weapons and clothing. And who could be called on to undertake such a mammoth task other than the staff at special effects company Weta Workshop? Read more at the NZ Herald [NZ Herald]
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For regular folks, Halloween is just another holiday to dress up and collect candy. For Oscar-winning Director Peter Jackson, this holiday has and extra special meaning – it is also his Birthday! Midway through his forties, Peter has accomplished more than most do in a lifetime. May the next year bring renewed success and energy to our favorite director! (Oh, and it would be great if he could be involved with ‘The Hobbit’ too!) Without further delay, TheOneRing.net and the entirety of the Tolkien community would like to wish Peter Jackson a very Happy Birthday!
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Ringer Beorn’s Mom sends in this heads up concerning Peter Jackson’s ‘Lovely Bones’ Production:
I thought some of your website visitors might be interested in this slide show of the Lovely Bones film shoot not far from my home in Chester County, PA (but not close enough for me to sneak over, unfortunately!). [Lovely Bones Gallery] Continue reading “Philadelphia Inquirer ‘Lovely Bones’ Set Images”
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