Tag Archives: Peter Jackson

‘The Hobbit’ Gets An Official Release Date. For Real This Time

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Matt Raub

Since 2007, studios and fans alike have been contemplating, worrying, speculating, and spewing rumors about the upcoming prequel to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit. The news that we do know is that Jackson is teaming up … Continue reading →

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Could The Sci-Fi Short ‘The Raven’ Be The Next ‘District 9’?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Matt Raub

Back in 2005 an unknown director named Neill Blomkamp made a science fiction short with a few friends, a modest budget, and a Canadian production team. The short, titled Alive in Joburg, blew away many powerful people with its premise … Continue reading →

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Production on ‘James Bond 23’ To Be Suspended Indefinitely

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Matt Raub

MGM is one of those staple studios that has been around since the beginning. To this day, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is one of the oldest studios that is still producing films, but sadly it looks like that won’t be for very long. … Continue reading →

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Tobey Maguire Is Definitely Not Bilbo Baggins, Maybe

Posted on January 19, 2010 by John Muth

Despite Tobey’s dropping that he knows who will be replacing Sam Raimi as director for the planned Spider-Man4 movie reboot, the bigger news surrounding the Golden Globe nominee has been a rumor fueled by the entire internet that he’s currently … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘The Lovely Bones’ – John’s Take

Posted on January 17, 2010 by John Muth

Peter Jackson has made films that many have considered “instant classics”, such as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, a bloated and unnecessary remake in the form of King Kong, and some little-seen but great cult classics such as Bad Taste, … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘The Lovely Bones’

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Shortly after I read The Lovely Bones in 2002, I started hearing rumblings that it was being optioned for a movie. My immediate reaction was “Why?” The emotionally devastating novel about the rape and murder of a fourteen year old … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: ‘District 9’

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Douglas Barnett

Out on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, District 9 is a new sci-fi masterpiece from writer/director Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings). The film is a documentary-style account about a race of aliens marooned … Continue reading →

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Peter Jackson Talks ‘Hobbit’ Movies

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Joe Gillis

Once Peter Jackson announced to the world that he would be writing and producing an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and that it would be two movies, there has been speculation as to just how the book will be … Continue reading →

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