Topic: Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson meeting with "Hobbit" actors

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Hobbit" still has not been given the official green light, but Sir Peter Jackson is in Los Angeles this week quietly meeting with actors. The New Zealand-based director's casting trip, which also included stops in New ...

King Kong ready to rumble at LA theme park

Two years after meeting a fiery end, King Kong returned to the famous Universal Studios theme park on Tuesday, given a 3D make-over by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson. The giant gorilla -- brought to the big screen in 1933, 1976 and 2005 ...

Peter Jackson in talks to direct "Hobbit" movies

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It seems Peter Jackson might direct the two "Hobbit" movies after all. The "Lord of the Rings" maestro is in negotiations to shoot the long-awaited adaptations, which were left without a captain after Guillermo del Toro parted ...

Del Toro quits as director of 'The Hobbit'

Mexican-born director Guillermo Del Toro has quit as director of the long-awaited "Hobbit" movies, citing delays in starting filming. "In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming "The Hobbit", I am faced with the hardest decision ...
Director Guillermo del Toro quits 2 'Hobbit' movies over ongoing production delaysHollywood director Guillermo del Toro said Monday that production delays have forced him to quit the planned film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a two-part prequel to New Zealand filmmaker ...

Meet the men who could play Spider-Man

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Director Marc Webb has been ensnaring actors in his web(b) as he searches for a new Peter Parker to star in Columbia's "Spider-Man" reboot. He has been meeting actors quietly for several months, but the list has ...
Sir Peter of Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings filmmaker knighted"Lord of the Rings" filmmaker Peter Jackson has been made a knight — a real one — accepting the honor Wednesday in his native New Zealand on behalf of the thousands of ...

Peter Jackson knighted in New Zealand

In a scene that could have come from one of his "Lord of the Rings" films, director Peter Jackson knelt Wednesday to be tapped on the shoulder with a sword to confirm his appointment as a knight. Jackson's investiture ceremony in the ...
Theatrical versions a good start, but not reference quality.The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Edition Flawed, but Welcome By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com One of the most anticipated film series in the history of cinefantastique has just premiered on Blu-ray disc, but maybe ...
Art designer: Peter Jackson brought in Guillermo Del Toro to give 'Hobbit' movie a new lookOne of Peter Jackson's frequent collaborators says the "Lord of the Rings" director passed the torch to Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to give the trilogy's two-part ...
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