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Matt Reeves to Write and Direct Remake of They Live

Nobody wants to call it a “remake,” but if it walks like the original source material and quacks like the original source material… Matt Reeves ( Cloverfield ), who handily re-imagined John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel Let the Right One In into the 2010 film Let Me In , is writing and will direct a script based on Ray Nelson’s short story 8 O’C lock in the Morning , which was previously adapted into John Carpenter’s 1988 horror comedy They Live . Reeves’ version, it’s noted, will not feature alien-spotting sunglasses and probably won’t star “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. See, totally different! [ Deadline ]

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Peter Jackson Explains Why He’s Filming The Hobbit at Groundbreaking Frame Rate

Writing from the set of The Hobbit , Peter Jackson took to Facebook Monday to blog his thoughts on filming at 48 frames per second — the increased frame rate championed by folks like James Cameron, who will use it to blow minds in Avatar 2 and 3 . Jackson is currently filming The Hobbit in 3-D at 48 fps instead of the industry standard 24 fps, and as a result, the Lord of the Rings follow-up will be the first wide release to pave the way into a brave new digital world of filmmaking — whether or not theaters around the world are ready for it.

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5 Great Over-the-Top Elizabeth Taylor Performances

Let’s be clear from the get-go: Elizabeth Taylor was perhaps the last of the great legendary movie stars, a tireless hero in the battle against HIV /AIDS, and arguably the epicenter of the pop/celebrity/gossip-culture universe for most of the 20th century. And the proof of her undeniable star power can be found in her most exaggerated performances.

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5 Great Over-the-Top Elizabeth Taylor Performances

Latest Your Highness Trailer Features Topless Women, Almost-Bottomless Natalie Portman

In case that first red-band trailer for Your Highness didn’t sell you on Danny McBride’s ability to play a lecherous medieval prince, Universal has released a second red-band trailer for David Gordon Green’s fantasy comedy due in theaters April 8. In the second red-band promo ( third trailer total ), Natalie Portman plants a kiss on Danny McBride and a gaggle of topless nymphs chase James Franco through the woods, but does the studio accidentally uncover a major plot twist that could spoil the movie for viewers?

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TIMELINE: The Hobbit’s Troubled 75-Year Journey From Page to Screen

On Monday, somewhat incredibly, The Hobbit finally started filming . Amid the seemingly weekly reports of turmoil and lawsuits surrounding the two-part Hobbit film over the last few years, it’s easy to forget just how long this movie has been in production — and the minor miracle it is that not only is The Hobbit being filmed, but Peter Jackson is behind the camera. So let’s take a quick look back — a “Dummy’s Guide,” if you will — at the timeline associated with the long, torturous journey that finally got us to where we are today.

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TIMELINE: The Hobbit’s Troubled 75-Year Journey From Page to Screen

Is Ron Howard’s Insane New Dark Tower Plan the Craziest Hollywood Gambit Ever?

On a day where Martin Freeman may have become Peter Jackson’s new Hobbit , it looks like Ron Howard may have become our new Peter Jackson. Howard and Akiva Goldsman just closed the craziest deal ever ever ever to adapt Stephen King’s Dark Tower series into a Lord of the Rings -surpassing movie trilogy and television series — and they’ll film it all at the same time, using the same actors and sets. What?

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Is Ron Howard’s Insane New Dark Tower Plan the Craziest Hollywood Gambit Ever?

Your New Hobbit Got His Start on The Office

We may have a Bilbo! EW is reporting that Peter Jackson’s favorite hot potato, The Hobbit , has finally selected its lead and is negotiating a deal with him as we speak. So who’s the lucky actor?

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Your New Hobbit Got His Start on The Office

Will Sir Ian McKellan Still Appear in The Hobbit?

Considering The Hobbit doesn’t really have a studio or a director at this point — though Brett Ratner is still available — it does seem a bit silly that there are actually actors still attached to this thing — a fact Sir Ian McKellan surely realized. Speaking with New Zealand’s Good Morning , the acclaimed thespian — who would appear as Gandolf the Grey in the Lord of the Rings two-part prequel — pretty much threw cold water onto the heads of OneRing.net message board posters throughout Middle Earth.

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Brett Ratner Researching Big Butts for The Hobbit?

You have to hand it to Brett Ratner. Though his unlikely bid to direct The Hobbit may be thwarted by either the will-I-or-won’t-I indecision of Peter Jackson or the are-we-solvent-or-aren’t-we troubles of MGM, Ratner still spent last night doing the appropriate, NSFW literary research (at least, we think so):

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Peter Jackson Still Waffling on The Hobbit

Is he or isn’t he? Peter Jackson has been notoriously wishy-washy on whether he’ll assume the directing reins of The Hobbit , and though he’s reportedly in negotiations , he’s now downplayed that report to Harry Knowles: “Nothing has really changed — I’ve always said that me directing was one option, and so that’s not really news. The studio are working out what that deal would look like, because how else do they know if it’s a viable option? But it’s honestly one of several different options — many irons are in the fire right now.” Brett Ratner, there’s still hope ! [ AICN ]

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Peter Jackson Still Waffling on The Hobbit