Tag: Peter Jackson
Fresh Out of the Oven: August at the Movies
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.29, 2009, under Movies, Quentin Tarantino
Somehow, I’ve managed to not write many reviews lately, so let’s take some time and play a moderately quick game of catch-up, with brief reviews of Ponyo, District 9, (500) Days of Summer, Inglourious Basterds, and Rob Zombie’s Halloween II. No spoilers to be wary of.
Box-Office Review: August 14-16, 2009
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.18, 2009, under Box-Office Review, Movies
A fairly bustling weekend for this part of the summer, it was a good time to be in the sci-fi business, with four out of the top five films falling into that genre.
Spielberg Moving to Produce “Halo” Movie?
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.10, 2009, under Gaming, Movies, Steven Spielberg
IESB reports that Steven Spielberg is actively pursuing the Halo movie as a producer.
Reportedy, Spielberg was “blown away” by the latest screenplay by Stuart Beattie, who based his story on the tie-in novel Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nyland.
No word on whether producer Peter Jackson — who was previously attached to a different iteration of the Halo franchise — is still involved. Jackson had hand-picked director Neill Blomkamp for the film before it fell apart due to budget concerns and worries over having an untested filmmaker at the helm.
Blomkamp’s District 9 is due to open this week, however, and advance word has been pretty spectacular. Since the two titans are currently working together on the Tintin movies, I’m going to speculate that if Jackson still has ANY interest in Halo, Spielberg will likely be bringing both he and Blomkamp into the fold.
Having read The Fall of Reach, I can definitely say that I would have less room in my underpants over the notion of a movie version of it produced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson … especially if Blomkamp directs and District 9 is as good as early reviews indicate.
Executive-Shaming New Trailer for “District 9″ Sure to Make Your Willy Wobble
by Honk Mahfah on Jul.09, 2009, under Movies
First, watch this, the full trailer for director Neill Blomkamp’s District 9:
Then, amuse yourself by thinking about the various studio executives who are – probably right at this very moment — weeping in bathrooms, hoping nobody will walk in and catch them shedding tear over having scuttled Blomkamp’s Halo movie for fear that the director was an unproven quantity.
Well, if that trailer is any standard of measure, it looks like producer Peter Jackson was right all along (big surprise): Blomkamp was, in fact, the dude that project needed.
New Poster for District 9
by The Dark Defender on Jul.06, 2009, under Movies
Sony Pictures has debuted a new poster for their new sci-fi/pseudo-documentary film District 9.
The film is scheduled to be released August 14. A new trailer is scheduled to be released with Bruno this week.
Several Casting Confirmations for “The Hobbit”
by Honk Mahfah on Jun.12, 2009, under Movies, Tolkien's Middle Earth
Guillermo del Toro, director of the in-pre-production The Hobbit, confirmed on the Simon Mayo show this week that three actors were officially cast for the two-film adaptation: Ian McKellan (playing Gandalf), Andy Serkis (playing Gollum), and Hugo Weaving (playing Elrond).
More casting announcements are bound to start rolling in over the course of the next few months.
“District 9″ Teaser Trailer Debuts
by Honk Mahfah on May.03, 2009, under Movies
The first teaser trailer for District 9 – the Peter Jackson-produced, Neill Blomkamp-directed flick about refugee camps for aliens in South Africa — has been released by Sony.
Scheduled for release on August 14, the film is the first feature for Blomkamp, who is possibly best known as the director Jackson chose to helm the never-produced Halo movie.
Peter Jackson Talks “The Lovely Bones”
by Honk Mahfah on Apr.20, 2009, under Movies
Director Peter Jackson has given an interview to USA Today on the topic of his newest film, The Lovely Bones. The adaptation of Alice Sebold’s bestseller is scheduled to be released on December 11.
“It’s one of the most challenging movies I’ve ever made,” says Jackson, “but also one of the most satisfying.”
Jackson discusses topics such as whether changes have been made to the novel’s story, what about the novel appealed to him, and the tone of the film.
USA Today has also released an exclusive image from the film.
“The Hobbit” to Get Two-Film Treatment
by Honk Mahfah on Apr.17, 2009, under Movies, Tolkien's Middle Earth
According to an exclusive at Empire, producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro have come to the conclusion that the upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit deserves to be told not in a single movie, but in two films.
Always planned to be two films, the Lord of the Rings prequel project had initially been discussed as consisting of The Hobbit for the first film only, with the second film being material that would directly link The Hobbit with The Fellowship of the Ring.
Jackson notes that having both films to tell the story of The Hobbit will allow the films to be a bit more in the style of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
