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Peter Jackson shares 5-minute sneak peek at The Beatles: Get Back documentary

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Peter Jackson has offered up an early Christmas present for fans of the Fab Four with the release of a five-minute sneak peek at The Beatles: Get Back, a new documentary assembled from never before seen footage shot in 1969 during rehearsals for The Beatles’ proposed Get Back album. “We wanted to give the fans […]

Viggo Mortensen discusses a deleted flashback scene from The Lord of the Rings featuring Aragorn and Arwen

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It may be coming on for twenty year since the release of the first instalment, but it seems the cast of The Lord of the Rings still can’t take part in an interview with the subject of Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy trilogy cropping up. Speaking to NME to promote the release of his directorial debut […]

The Hobbit actor says studio interference caused problems for the trilogy and Peter Jackson’s workflow

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With The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies receiving 4K remastered box sets this month, one of the actors from the franchise has opened up about the development on the prequel trilogy. In an interview on Kiwi Talkz, Jed Brophy, who played the Dwarf Nori in The Hobbit trilogy as well as portraying the Nazgul and a variety of […]

Peter Jackson explains why The Lord of the Rings needed a 4K remaster

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Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, has explained why they needed a 4K remaster. There have been numerous home video releases of The Lord of the Rings trilogy over the years, including the much-loved extended editions, and now the films – and The Hobbit trilogy – have been […]

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies getting 4K release this December

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Middle-earth is about to be seen in a whole new way. Peter Jackson’s groundbreaking The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy will be released on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever this December. Sean Astin, who played hobbit Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings, made the announcement and said Jackson has been personally remastering […]

Disney to release Peter Jackson’s documentary The Beatles: Get Back in September

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Following on from 2018’s They Shall Not Grow Old, filmmaker Peter Jackson returns to the documentary genre this year with The Beatles: Get Back, and it has been announced this week that Disney has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the film and will release it this coming September. “No band has had the kind […]

Peter Jackson turned down directing Aquaman on two occasions

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Peter Jackson, director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, revealed that he turned down the director’s job for Aquaman twice. Aquaman, directed by James Wan, turned out to be a huge success, surpassing expectations around the world and accumulating a hefty box office sum. But what would the film have been like if Peter […]

The Lord of the Rings TV execs don’t rule out Peter Jackson involvement

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Executives for Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings TV series haven’t closed the door on Peter Jackson being involved with the show. The Lord of the Rings TV show has a lot to live up to when you consider the books and Peter Jackson’s monumental and critically adored trilogy. So far, he doesn’t seem to […]

Peter Jackson looking to help out with Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series

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Although it was rumoured earlier this year that Peter Jackson could be set for a return to Middle-earth with Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series, the director subsequently debunked the reports, and confirmed that he’ll have no creative input into the hugely ambitious fantasy series. Well, with his latest project Mortal Engines now in […]