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It may be difficult to imagine anyone other than Christopher Lee playing the evil Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (as well as The Hobbit movies), but Peter Jackson has just confirmed that the late actor was initially interested in playing Gandalf! Read More »
Apparently The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings writer-director Peter Jackson has more to celebrate this Christmas than the Dec 17 release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Word has it that the famed New Zealand-born and bred name will receive his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this coming Dec. 8. Read More »
During San Diego Comic-Con, audiences got a sneak peek at the final chapter of director Peter Jackson's epic masterpiece, 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.' Not only do we get a flying fire-breathing dragon destroying a village, but also a growing army of Orcs ready for battle. Read More »
Whovians around the world will be happy to hear that Doctor Who head writer Steven Moffat is in opens talks with Academy Award winning filmmaker Peter Jackson about directing a new episode of the iconic BBC series, with new Doctor Peter Capaldi. Will we see the Jackson-directed episode in season 8? If his schedule permits - yes! Read More »
Peter Jackson is the director set to helm the Tintin sequel, but this project seems to have fallen off of everyone's radar considering we haven't heard too much about it in a while. So is Jackson still planning on making the sequel or is it moving into someone else's hands? According to a new interview with Jackson, he's still planning on making the sequel but his Hobbit movies got in the way! Read More »
Peter Jackson would still really, really like to direct an episode of Doctor Who. The god-king of (talented) nerd directors has made it clear on multiple occasions that he would like to grab the reigns for an hour of the long-running sci-fi serial. The Hobbit director brought the idea back up in a recent interview with Digital Spy. Read More »
This is a big week for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. First we were treated to an extended, extra-long trailer for the upcoming Peter Jackson film and then singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran shared his new song "I See Fire" from the movie's soundtrack! Though these are great updates for the film, 20 minutes of footage from the upcoming movie were shown worldwide at special Desolation of Smaug celebration events in cities like New York, Sydny, Los Angeles, London and more! Read More »
