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
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
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
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
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
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 directing new documentary on The Beatles
Peter Jackson has announced that he is set to follow up his acclaimed World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old with a new project based around The Beatles, which will be assembled from 55 hours of never-before-seen footage of the Fab Four from January 1969 during the recording of the 1970 album Let […]
Peter Jackson looking to help out with Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series
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 […]
Peter Jackson reveals why he didn’t direct Mortal Engines
Acclaimed director Peter Jackson has revealed why he chose not to step behind the camera for Mortal Engines. Thanks to marketing efforts, one might get the impression that the fantasy adaptation Mortal Engines is a Peter Jackson directed film, however, The Lord of the Rings director is only a producer/writer. Instead, his protege Christian Rivers has […]
Peter Jackson working on 4K restorations of Bad Taste, Braindead and Meet the Feebles
Here’s some great news for fans of Peter Jackson’s early work, as the New Zealand filmmaker has revealed to Empire that he is working on 4K restorations of the ‘splatstick’ comedy-horrors Bad Taste and Braindead (a.k.a. Dead Alive), along with the musical black comedy Meet the Feebles. “Anything from those films that is available is, […]