peter jackson

Peter Robert Jackson was born 31 October 1961 in Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. He is a three-time Academy Award-winning New Zealand filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, and is best known for The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Jackson is also known for giving Academy Award Winner Kate Winslet her first movie role in Heavenly Creatures.

There is a devoted blog following for all things LOTR and Peter Jackson in particular, however the definitive fan blog is The One Ring.

Jackson is co-owner of Wingnut Films with partner Fran Fran Walsh who are also involved in the productions of The Lovely Bones, District-9 and the Tintin Trilogy. Jackson also co-owns Weta Digital, arguably the foremost motion capture studio in the world also located in Wellington New Zealand.

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• Review: The Lovely Bones (2009) ***

  
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  Peter Jacksons adaptation of Alice Sebolds THE LOVELY BONES is flawed but fascinating.
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• Peter Jackson Says ‘The Hobbit’ is On-Track, Plus Bilbo Casting News

  
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  Peter Jackson wants us to stop listening to rumors and listen to him regarding The Hobbit. Here’s what he had to say:“Nothing has changed as far as I am concerned…You don’t want to believe everything you read on the internet.  We were due to deliver the scripts and be shooting sometime around April and now ...
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• EXCLUSIVE: Whats New With Weta Now That AVATAR Is Done? Listen Up!

  
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  Jim here. Got some new info on what is happening now with Weta now that the relatively LARGE swath of CGI that was AVATAR has been taken off their books.Towards the end of AVATAR (only a few weeks... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Review: The Lovely Bones Is, Sadly, A Disaster

  
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  “The Lovely Bones” is a film that asks the viewer to have faith. Mostly to have faith in the human spirit, but also in the sentimental transcending the supernatural, the power of familial love, the beauty in youth granted wisdom, and of the ability of the afterlife to streamline our discoveries about our outside ...
  19 hours ago

• Peter Jackson gives us a Temeraire update!

  
  ShowHype - Top Movies News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 172
  Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I was contacted by Paramount about doing a phone interview with Peter Jackson this past afternoon during his whirlwind round of promotion on The Lovely Bones. The full interview is in the transcription process now and should be up mid-week or earlier... we talk a ton ... Suvudu - Science ...
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• Culture Warrior: The Culturally Significant Films of the Decade

  
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  Throughout this next month you’ll see, all over the Internet, numerous lists of films summing up the decade’s best and worst products of popular culture. But in the interest of this column, I thought it’d be appropriate not to outline the year’s best films, but the ones that are the most culturally ...
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• THE HOBBIT Part I Still Opens In 2011

  
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  So is it 2011 or 2012? Peter Jackson ’s announcement that the filming for THE HOBBIT won’t start until next summer because the script for the second-half isn’t finished yet and the studio hasn’t greenlit a budget for the project got the fans worried about the release year of this 2-part adaptation. So much ...
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• The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Voted As The Best Movie Of The Past Decade

  
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  The `Lord of the Rings` trilogy has been voted as the best movie of the past decade in a magazine poll. Peter Jackson`s adaptation of JRR Tolkien`s epic beat `Brokeback Mountain`, `Gladiator` and `The Dark Knight` to top Entertainment Weekly`s end-of-the-decade film hit list, reports express.co.uk. Rapper Kanye ...
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• Peter Jackson Says Hobbit Delay Not a Delay

  
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  Even though the production window for The Hobbit has been delayed until at least next summer, Peter Jackson remains confident well still see the film in December 2011. That was the original plan, but internal and external factors have kept this one from inching closer to a start date, which has to be ...
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• NY Post: Q&A: Peter Jackson

  
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  Director Peter Jackson has given us dark lord Sauron from “The Lord of the Rings” and the giant ape in “King Kong.” On Friday, he unveils what could be his most horrific monster to date: Stanley Tucci. The actor plays Mr. Harvey, a twitchy child murderer with a bad comb-over, in “The Lovely Bones,” ...
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• Peter Jackson Insists Hobbit is on Track for 2011; Mentions Possible Unknown as Bilbo

  
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  Rumors ran around last week that The Hobbit might not arrive until 2012, based on the fact that the film’s shoot might be pushed back a few months later than initially intended. That’s not the case at all, said producer and co-writer Peter Jackson while doing some US publicity for The Lovely Bones . The ...
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• Jackson on Bilbo Casting

  
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  IGN Movies chatted exclusively tonight with Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson at a cocktail reception for his new film The Lovely Bones, during which time he spoke about The Hobbit. /Film found this 66 minutes ago on movies.ign.com Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Movies , ...
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• My own best movies of the 00’s

  
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  In honour of Mark’s “10 best movies of the fearsome decade.” Just keep in mind that I was not that great of a moviegoer this decade before you start pelting me with rotten food items. For what it’s worth, I tried to be somewhat objective, and did not include merely a clutch of my favourite movies. Well, ...
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• ‘The Lord of the Rings’ voted best film of decade

  
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  London, Dec 6 (IANS) The “Lord of the Rings” trilogy has been voted as the best movie of the past decade in a magazine poll.Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic beat “Brokeback Mountain”, “Gladiator” and “The Dark Knight” to top Entertainment Weekly’s end-of-the-decade film hit ...
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• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Oscar

  
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  Pic not from Q&A You know, we have become far too dependent on the early word of a handful of people who see movies early.  It’s really as simple as that.  What is the need to be so quick on a judgment as to whether a film is good or bad, thumbs up or down, in or out?  It’s a sick process and it will do ...
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• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Oscar

  
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  Pic not from Q&A You know, we have become far too dependent on the early word of a handful of people who see movies early.  It’s really as simple as that.  What is the need to be so quick on a judgment as to whether a film is good or bad, thumbs up or down, in or out?  It’s a sick process and it will do ...
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• OSCAR TALK: Ep. 13 — NBR, awards season party circuit and ‘Complicated’ awards prospects

  
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  Welcome to a belated edition of Oscar Talk, your weekly kudocast featuring yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood . On the docket today: • With the National Board of Review having kicked off the awards season, Anne and I discuss the big winners and implications for the season. • Tis the ...
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• Jackson on Bilbo Casting

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 628
  US, December 5, 2009 – IGN Movies chatted exclusively tonight with Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson at a cocktail reception for his new film The Lovely Bones, during which time he spoke about The Hobbit.We specifically asked Jackson if he could rule out any of the oft-rumored candidates to play Bilbo Baggins in ...
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• News Du Dude : Nolwenn Leroy -Télérama - Norah Jones - Cinéma - Mode "Pretty Green"

  
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• A Day in the Life

  
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  This is just one day in the busy life of Anne Thompson during awards season: Friday Night Cocktails and Docs Friday I interviewed It’s Complicated writer-director Nancy Meyers by phone, Hurt Locker ‘s Jeremy Renner by Flip Cam, and went to a Paramount Lovely Bones cocktail party at the Four Seasons. ...
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