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The Visual Effects Society has named Oscar-winning director-producer-screenwriter Peter Jackson as the forthcoming recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 19th Annual VES Awards, streaming worldwide on April 6 or 7…

Huzzah! The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will revisit Middle-earth alongside cast members of the epic film trilogy Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, and Elijah Wood. The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has…

Peter Jackson has offered a sneak peek into his upcoming Beatles documentary via a video shot from his cutting room in New Zealand, where the director said he is about halfway through piecing together a movie from 56 hours of never-before-seen footage. The footage is a montage of moments pulled from the material…

Peter Jackson wrote a heartfelt tribute to Ian Holm, the great actor who became an indelible figure in Middle Earth lore with his portrayal of the precocious ring-finder Hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Jackson posted this on his Facebook page, and here it is: The Wonderful Sir Ian Holm I'm feeling very sad at the passing of Sir…

After a distinguished run as the visual effects house that brought to life Gollum, King Kong and other incredible creatures for Peter Jackson's Middle Earth films and other film spectacles including James Cameron's Avatar sequels and Avengers: Endgame, Weta Digital is making a major expansion. Jackson and Fran Walsh's…

Four years ago, the in-home day and date venture Screening Room polarized exhibitors and studios even as its backers and superstar director/shareholders promised windfalls as high as $8 billion in annual revenue to be split between movie makers and exhibitors from the affluent but homebound 25-39 demo. The disruptive…

Peter Jackson's upcoming Beatles documentary, which includes a slew of unseen footage of the “Let It Be” rockers, is coming to theaters in September. Disney executive chairman Bob Iger revealed Wednesday that The Beatles: Get Back will launch in the U.S. and Canada on September 4 The announcement was made during…

Farm animals, the historic moon landing and World War I veterans back to vivid life top the nominations for the fourth annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. The Biggest Little Farm leads this year with seven nominations, including Best Documentary Feature, John Chester for Best Director and noms for Best…

BREAKING: Sean Parker has become a minority equity investor in Weta Digital, the Wellington, New Zealand-based company formed by Peter Jackson and led by Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri that does the visual effects for some of the biggest event pictures being made by Hollywood studios, including Avatar…

Peter Jackson and Taika Waititi have responded to New Zealand's worst ever mass shooting. The directors have called the two extremist right-wing terror incidents, which left 49 people dead in Christchurch, "devastating" and "heartbreaking". Lord of the Rings director Jackson said, "New Zealanders are devastated. Our…

UPDATE, 1:45 PM: Back in the old days, news that people wanted buried or forgotten was often dumped on a Friday in the hopes it would be lost over the weekend. Not sure the strategic principle still applies in the digital age, but today it was announced that the latest hearing in Harvey Weinstein’s rape case will be…

There is "no timetable," according to Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke, for the launching of the streamer's already much-hyped series based on The Lord of the Rings. However,it looks like there is a new way to find out what's going on in the "darkest depths of Mordor," to quote those J.R.R. Tolkien fans Led…