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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Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg riff on the Festival d’angouleme, which is a french comic book festival, here is a sample:
spielberg : « bonjour ! bienvenue au Festival d’angoulême. Je suis steven spielberg, avec un s. »
Jackson : « peter Jackson, avec un p ».
spielberg : « et nous sommes ici (comme vous tous, je [...]

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“Lovely Bones”, the story of a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven has been tipped for a nomination this year in the Academy Awards:
Among the Oscar contenders for best picture, for example, are Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones,” Clint Eastwood’s untitled project, Martin [...]

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There is a new WetaCast available today (Click on link to get to subscription). Magnus and Daniel are back, with New Website, report with Matt Appleton and Emily-Jane Sturrock from RingCon 2008 in Bonn and more!
Starring

Matt Appleton – Senior Costuming Supervisor
Emily-Jane Sturrock – PA to Workshop Supervisor
Tim Launder – General Manager Weta Limited

Listen Here:
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Over at CrispyGamer they are reporting that TT Games is pitching for the rights for the up and coming rights issue for Peter Jackson’s Hobbit:
Even more interesting than the leak of the two games currently in development, though, is Parker’s claim that she has “also recently been working on In-Game animation for the upcoming Hobbit [...]

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We all remember when growing up there were a few treasures that we held onto and still enjoy to this day. For me, one of those (besides Watties Baked Beans) is Tintin, a Belgium comic series that is widely popular 80 years after it was first penned by author Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name [...]

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Fangoriaonline, the definitive horror bog has a profile of New Zealand’s favorite son, Peter Jackson, and his years making horror movies.
What many people don’t realize is that it was Peter Jackson that gave Kate Winslet her break in the movie Heavenly Creatures (1994), her first movie role.
Peter Jackson’s first full length movie was Bad Taste [...]

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Peter Jackson’s Weta Studios makes a mermaid suit for a Double Amputee.

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