October 30, 2007 – 5:53 pm
I have come to realise that most films with Peter Jackson involved have problems of some sort. There is the ‘will Jackson sort things out with New Line and direct The Hobbit’ and more recently ‘Ryan Reynolds is replaced by Mark Wahlberg days before filming of The Loverly Bones‘ and something that has been around throughout all of them was whether Halo would ever be brought onto the big screen.
A ‘n00b’ director was hired, who goes by the name of Neill Blomkamp, Jackson’s WETA started work on the project and everything was good
October 16, 2007 – 8:45 pm
Today Sam Raimi held a press conference for his latest film 30 Days of Night, and while there he spoke to IESB about two projects everyone is interested in.
On Spider-Man 4 -
Sony is currently meeting with new writers to come up with new and fresh ideas for the Spider-Man films. Is it a reboot? He hasn’t heard of a reboot but they are coming up with fresh, new ideas to see which direction they are going to go from here.
He was also asked if Tobey Maguire’s new production of the Robotech films would effect a Spider-Man
October 15, 2007 – 2:52 pm
Ian McKellen has said he hopes to regain his beard and staff, even if Peter Jackson is not able to direct him. There have been some legal issues with Peter Jackson and New Line over his income for Fellowship Of The Ring, meaning that he may not be able to return to direct. New Line’s Bob Shaye even went as far as saying ‘Jackson will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I’m still working for the company’. However, recently things have calmed down, with Shayne saying ‘I really respect and admire Peter and would love
