Posts Tagged ‘Peter Jackson’

Peter Jackson Shifts His Sight from the Hobbit to Doctor Who

Also, Jim Carrey gets on board the gun debate, Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is more British than you think, and the Michael Bay ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ team comes together.

Oscar Case Study: Can ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Les Miserables’ Overcome Bad Reviews with Big Box Office?

It may be a little premature to banish ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Les Miz’ from this year’s inner circle of viable Oscar contenders.

LOTR, Check; Hobbit, Check: Now How About a Little Three-quel Love for Gollum?

Also in our round-up today: yet another iteration of yet another childhood classic; checking in with Mount Everest, and the danger of unrated DVD movie versions.

Vera Farmiga Raises Hell Yet Again in ‘Psycho’ Spin-Off

What else has our attention today? How about David Fincher’s title sequence consistency, magical realism vs. fantasy, and Peter Jackson is not Guillermo del Toro.

Into the Wild and Beyond: 10 Best Adventure Adaptations from the Past 20 Years

W&F commemorates the twenty-year anniversary of Chris McCandless’ death with a list of our favorite epic adapted adventures.

Killer Overkill? The Shining to Be Bookended by a Literary Prequel and Cinematic Sequel

What do we make of the befuddling news that ‘The Shining’ would likely spawn a prequel and sequel?

Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ to Span Three Films, Courtesy of Peter Jackson

Also in our link roundup today: swimsuits for your brainy side, the Snow Queen is up for interpretation, and Larry Wachowski makes her debut as Lana.

‘The Adventures of Tintin’ and 6 Other Retro Comic Strip Adaptations

To celebrate the release of The Adventures of Tintin, we highlight six movie adaptations of classic vintage comics from Blondie to Charlie Brown and back again.