Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZMis a New Zealand filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogyand The Hobbit trilogy, both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures, the mockumentary Forgotten Silver, the horror comedy The Frighteners, the epic monster remake film King Kongand the supernatural drama film The...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth31 October 1961
CityPukerua Bay, New Zealand
We might not always play well, but I can guarantee we will always give it 100 per cent and I don't know why some fans can't see that commitment.
As a gaming fan, I'm excited to bring Halo's premise, action and settings to the screen with all the specificity and reality today's technology can provide. Fran and I are intrigued by the unique challenges this project offers, and we're delighted to be working again with our friends at Universal, and with our new ones at Fox and Microsoft. I'm a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come alive on the cinema screen.
As a film fan and a King Kong fan, I really wanted to see it done with the technology that we have now.
I'm a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come alive on the cinema screen.
It's all about the three points tomorrow. There will be a big crowd and, obviously, a lot of excitement if we win to keep up pressure for automatic promotion, but we can't come round and thank all the fans if they're on the pitch.
I'm so honored and relieved that the academy and the members of the academy that have supported us have seen past the trolls and the wizards and the hobbits in recognizing fantasy this year,
I'm a Beatles fan, and I remember in the mid-1980s, when CDs first came out, there was a sound of vinyl and the sound of the needle on it that people loved, and suddenly CDs were threatening.
I am a big Dragon fan. I've said it before- And I was fortunate enough to be born a Dragon in the Chinese Horocope...
Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with
The board and management have not made any decisions on what any clash guernsey might look like. Suffice to say when a design is agreed, members will be given the opportunity to make comments.
That is precisely just what I don't want to be known as. I just want to go back to my own little filmmaking base, telling small New Zealand stories with my writing partner, Fran Walsh. I have no huge desire to be swallowed up by Hollywood.
That is precisely just what I don't want to be known as, ... I just want to go back to my own little filmmaking base, telling small New Zealand stories with my writing partner, Fran Walsh. I have no huge desire to be swallowed up by Hollywood.
I wanted the game to be able to take the audience a bit further than what the film could. And the final climax of the game gave us an opportunity to do something that the film could not do, which was to have an alternate ending - obviously everybody pretty much knows how King Kong ends.
We understand Robert's decision and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. He is about to complete a Masters Degree in Sports Management studies he has conducted outside football. It was always going to lead to a change in career direction at some stage,