Peter Jackson Articles

Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann’s DGA- (but not Oscar-) nominated Moulin Rouge! DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1990s: Odd People Out Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman 2000 DGA Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous AMPAS Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot DGA/AMPAS Steven Soderbergh, Traffic Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ridley Scott, Gladiator Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich   2001 DGA Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! Christopher Nolan, Memento [...]

The Hobbit: Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins Martin Freeman is seen above as Bilbo Baggins, the hero in Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Hobbit movies. The still was published by USA Today along with several others of upcoming (potential) blockbusters. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit, Jackson’s movie will be split into two box-office friendly parts: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which comes out December [...]

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy My early, early Oscar 2013 predictions include The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey nominated in the following categories: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design. Perhaps Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing and Mixing as well. I’m not so sure about Best Anything Else just looking at [...]

Ian McKellen as Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Ian McKellen looks pensive — or perhaps just plain tired — in the picture above, found in Entertainment Weekly. It’s a "first look" at The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, part one of two prequels to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson directs Martin Freeman in the title role (the hobbit, not the [...]