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Studio Apologizing: Will Jackson Return To The Hobbit?

Written on August 11th, 2007 by Heath McKnight 
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Studio Apologizing: Will Jackson Return To The Hobbit?

A little while back, Peter Jackson asked New Line Cinema to open their Lord of the Rings accounting books, to investigate some strange financial things. The head of the studio Bob Shaye refused, so Jackson filed a lawsuit to have the books opened to see if profits were hidden, after the studio refused to do so.

Shaye, whose New Line, by the way, is owned by Time Warner, then went on a public tirade against the man who made more money for Shaye’s company than Freddy Krueger.

When that happened, Jackson wished everyone the best on The Hobbit film and potential second Lord of the Rings prequel.

So when Jackson started shopping his The Lovely Bones project around, New Line was left out of the bidding. Bets were abound that Shaye would be fired from the company he founded.

Now, word has hit that New Line may be finally trying to make amends with Jackson as The Hobbit starts to get off the ground.


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THE LOVELY BONES’ cast materializes

Written on July 12th, 2007 by Heath McKnight 
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THE LOVELY BONES' cast materializes

Saoirse Ronan has been cast as Susie Salmon in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, an adaptation of a best-selling novel by Alice Sebold.

She joins Rachel Weisz and Ryan Gosling, who play her parents, in a film about a brutally murdered girl who watches events unfold from heaven. I’m hoping this is a return to PJ’s Heavenly Creatures, which if you haven’t seen it, run out and grab it. I believe it was that film, plus his FX work on The Frighteners and other films, that led him to working on The Lord of the Rings trilogy.


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