Peter Jackson News

Who cares if the movie's based on a Belgian comic strip from the forties, or if Pegg and Frost probably won't get to kill any zombies or elderly in it!

By Lane Brown

9/19/08 /
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Paramount Coldly Denies Blank Check to Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson

Spielberg has hilariously been denied funding for 'The Adventures of Tintin.'

By Lane Brown

8/20/08 /
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Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro Hire Each Other to Write ‘The Hobbit’

Plus: Yet another bastard joins 'Inglorious Bastards,' and James McAvoy to play a CGI gnome in most horrible movie ever.

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5/28/08 /
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Peter Jackson a Master of Understatement

How does Christopher Tolkien really feel about the upcoming movie of 'The Hobbit'?

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5/27/08 /
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Wading Through the Peter Jackson–Guillermo del Toro ‘Hobbit’ Chat

Will actors from 'Lord of the Rings' reappear? What will be in that second movie? And how awesome will the dragon be?

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5/15/08 /
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Five Questions We'd Like to Ask Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro About ‘The Hobbit’

The bearded, hobbity auteurs are taking questions from fans for a live online chat.

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5/1/08 /
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Peter Jackson's ‘The Lovely Bones’ Plagued by More Hilarious Problems

What should heaven look like? Also, how drunk should Susan Sarandon's character get?

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4/25/08 /
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Middle-earth Welcomes a New Jolly, Bearded Director

Plus: Ewan McGregor joins 'Angels & Demons,' J.J. Abrams makes his 'Superbad,' and Christian Slater is still playing Jack.

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4/2/08 /
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Stephen Malkmus Is Just Too Old to Scream Like That

Plus Jimmy Kimmel on his 1,000th episode, Peter Jackson's heaven, and 50 Cent soothes the G-Unit.

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3/31/08 /
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Ian McShane About to Go Biblical

NBC options the story of King David from God, Nick has its own high-school musical, and Mos Def plays Chuck Berry.

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3/26/08 /
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Ian McKellen McKellening Again in ‘The Hobbit’

We’re so generally in awe of Sir Ian that we propose a new verb: to McKellen.

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2/12/08 /
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Who's Suing New Line Over ‘Lord of the Rings’ Now?

That would be the estate of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, which filed a lawsuit against New Line yesterday claiming its not paid its share of the profits from the $6 billion-grossing movie trilogy.

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1/28/08 /
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Guillermo del Toro to Direct ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Hobbit 2: Hobbits Take Manhattan’

We don't have anything bitchy to say about this.

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12/19/07 /
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We're Officially Excited About ‘The Hobbit,’ and Worried About the Sequel

How much did New Line have to pay Peter Jackson to settle their lawsuit?

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12/18/07 /
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Peter Jackson, New Line Headed Back to Middle-earth

Jackson will produce The Hobbit.

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12/17/07 /
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Idris Elba and Cuba Gooding Jr. Join the Juice Crew

Plus industry news on Andy Serkis, Alan Jackson, and Emmy Rossum.

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11/2/07 /
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Forest Whitaker Getting In On the American Gangster Business

Plus industry news on Natalie Portman, David Fincher, and Led Zeppelin.

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10/23/07 /
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Ryan Gosling Left ‘The Lovely Bones’ Because He Was Too Fat?

How much weight could anyone gain in fifteen days?

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10/22/07 /
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Ryan Gosling Out of 'The Lovely Bones'; Mark Wahlberg In

Plus industry news on Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Zooey Deschanel.

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Brand-New District 9 Trailer Will Leave Sci-fi Fans Drooling With Anticipation

The Decade of del Toro Beckons, But No One Wants to Produce His Vampire TV Show

Danny McBride, Assistant Evildoer

Will District 9 Be the Next Cloverfield?

The Lovely Bones: Heaven Just Got a Little More Mirror-y

Daniel Craig and Jamie Bell Hop Aboard the Tintin Train

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Make Us Slightly Excited for Non-Exciting Spielberg Movie