The Boys of Old Bo'ness (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Just got the new Hippodrome programme for December, January and February. Films heading EH51 way include sci-fi actioner District 9 , Carey Mulligan in An Education , truer-than-you-might-think drama The Men Who Stare At Goats , the Coen Brothers' new movie A Serious Man , Matt Damon ("Mat Damon!") in The Informant! , Guy Ritchie's take on Sherlock Holmes , Peter Jackson's adaptation of The...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We learned today the California Special returns for the 2011 Mustang , making it the 3,457th special edition 'Stang. Being mostly trim-unt-wheels, we don't really see the draw, begging the question: what's the worst special edition car? In our minds, the worst is the King King Crew Member Edition VW Touareg . That's right, you're forking out money not to have a vehicle driven by a star of King Kong,...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There were two screenings yesterday of Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones (Paramount, 12.11 limited) -- an exhibitor screening on the Paramount lot and (according to a friend) a SAG screening at the Landmark Westside Pavillion. I heard some stuff from one guy, and of course (a) it's just one guy and (b) one always needs to take any earlybird opinion with a grain, etc. Saoirse Ronan in Peter Jackson's...
The Inkwell Bookstore Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Reverse adaptation! BBC Books has commissioned Michael Moorcock to write a Doctor Who novel. Predictably, the nerds are nervous . Even a bitter, old a-hole like me finds a bit of holiday spirit in animatronic department store dioramas. Click here for a peek at Bergdorf's Fantastic Mr. Fox display. Lovely Bones director Peter Jackson says that he had to shoot extra footage for the film after test audiences...
Computing.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Peter Jackson, Computing , Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 17:00:00 The information security standard ensures the safety of data – and must be put in place, says Peter Jackson The loss of customers’ personal and financial data is hugely damaging to a company’s public image, as those at the heart of recent scandals will testify. To combat this, the Payment Card Industry Data Security...
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
• Oscar winner Peter Jackson ("The Lord of the Rings") tells Iain Blair that test audiences demanded a more gruesome ending for one character in the upcoming "The Lovely Bones." As Peter explains, "We got a lot of people telling us that they were disappointed with this death scene, as they wanted him to see [the character] in agony and suffer a lot more. They just weren't...
Creative Minority Reader (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
From The Cimmerian comes news of what I deem genius. ht to John J. Miller Andy Serkis, the actor whose voice and mannerisms drove the character of Gollum in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of Lord of the Rings, has now taken on another unsavory character sprung from the well of imagination that was the Inklings. This time, Serkis is trying his hand at Screwtape, the epistolary demon from C.S....
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Peter Jackson says that test audiences asked for more violence in his Lovely Bones adaptation.
io9 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Peter Jackson ended up reshooting footage for The Lovely Bones after a scene fell flat with test audiences. Their main complaint? That the story of a murdered girl in Heaven contained a scene that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
"We got a lot of people telling us that they were disappointed with this death scene, as they wanted to see [the character] in agony and suffer a lot more. We had to create a whole suffering death scene just to give people the satisfaction they needed." — Peter Jackson on the ruthless test audience for The Lovely Bones [Reuters via Guardian UK ] "I still believe in Santa, the...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Following his West End stint in Three Days of Rain earlier this year, Nigel Harman returned to a (albeit much smaller) London stage last night in the premiere of Sam Peter Jackson’s comedy Public Property at the 100-seat Trafalgar Studios 2 (Se...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmakers trying to satisfy a U.S. movie rating aimed at mostly teenagers often complain that they're forced to cut violent scenes, and those edits compromise the director's vision.
wooller.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
nigel harman (larry), robert daws (geoffrey) and steven webb (jamie) star in sam peter jackson's play about a darkly comic tale of a newsreader engaged in a fierce powerplay with his publicist as the paparazzi bay at the door
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Film News: Drama, spiritual fantasy and suspense could win voters -- A beloved novel meets an Academy Award-winning adapter of beloved novels in this anticipated film by Peter Jackson of Alice Sebold's bestseller.
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Nick Frost admits that working with Steven Spielberg, Daniel Craig and Peter Jackson was daunting.
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victorio | 05/08/2009
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victorio | 05/08/2009
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youloveit | 04/08/2009
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