The man who started it all When Peter Jackson first conceived the idea of bringing the Lord of the Rings trilogy to the big screen, few people imagined the enormous boost he would end up providing to our creative industries. We now have some of the most imaginative writers, producers and presenters in the world.…
Plans are being drawn up to add further films to Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy. “We recognised that the richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, gave rise to a simple question: do we tell more of the…
It has been a day of terror: throughout Christchurch and throughout the Labour Party. But I’m sure you’ll agree that the biggest news story of the day concerns the altering of history. One of the big questions hanging over Sir Peter Jackson’s Dambusters film has finally been answered – the dog Nigger will be renamed…
Uncompromising left-wing columnist Bob Mittsky busts some myths about what is really behind the Hobbit dispute And so the powers of evil and darkness gather around that notorious union-buster Sir Peter “Sauron” Jackson. It’s fitting that a filmmaker adept at bringing to the screen Tolkien’s tales should find himself engaged in a struggle with the…
Imperator Fish 