The new movie District 9 from Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp looks to be the real sleeper hit of 2009. If you are into socialogical science fiction, this is it.

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While the rest of use are worrying about the economy and whether we have jobs, there is one person who is having one hell of a year and has so much work he does not know what to do. And that is Mr Peter Jackson of Manuka St, Miramar Wellington.

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According to Empire Magazine, the second Hobbit Movie will now not be a 60 filler between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Rings but:

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This years 48 hours of Film-making is back on in New Zealand. The challenge is for independent teams (not Peter Jackson or the Weta guys)  to create a short form video over one weekend.

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Richard Taylor the the Weta Workshop team were honored this week at World Class New Zealand Awards.

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Early last month we covered a story about District 9, a sci-fi movie produced by Peter Jackson’s Wingnut Films and directed by South African Neil Blomcamp.

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Speculation has risen online that there is a planned third movie in the Hobbit series adding to the two movies already in the works from Peter Jackson. As we had reported earlier, Jackson and Del Toro are well under way with a remake of the original Hobbit book and another creation that spans between “The [...]

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Magnus and Daniel interview Martin Baynton about Weta’s and Pukeko Pictures’ brand new children’s TV series The WotWots. It turns out to be one of our best interviews yet – pre-school television is truly the mother of all creativity! Ironically.
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Award Winning Director Guillermo del Toro and Kiwi Director Peter Jackson are being roundly praised as they embark on a remarkable story telling adventure with not only the The Hobbit, the fourth in the series of Lord of the Rings series, but a production which will deal with the 59-year period between “The Hobbit” and [...]

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Whilst Wall St types and car executives are busily ridding themselves of executive jets, Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson is looking at purchasing two new planes including a rare Simmonds Sparan Series One.

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