Oscar Watch: George Clooney, The Coen Brothers And More Oct 3, 2009
"The Lovely Bones" Based on a beloved 2002 novel about a murdered teenage girl who watches her family, friends and killer from heaven, this film would have all the dramatic heft to warrant Oscar consideration even if wasn't being overseen by "Lord of the Rings" awards juggernauts Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and produced by some dude named Spielberg. The buzz is that nominations for and Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement") are a given, and the eye-popping footage we've seen of the film... (VHI.com -- Music News)
District 9 could be stealth summer hit Aug 15, 2009
In 2006, Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh, hired Blomkamp to shoot a $145 million big-screen adaptation of the videogame Halo. At that point, Blomkamps rsum consisted largely of visually stunning ads for Nike, Gatorade and Panasonic, plus a series of sci-fi shorts. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Infiltrating "District 9" Aug 14, 2009
Blomkamp: Actually, the selling of the movie and his attention are two separate things, because it was actually Fran Walsh, who s his partner, who suggested turning my short film into a movie ... At first, they said we ll help you do a film, then when I started thinking science fiction and a new idea, then Fran Walsh said, Why don t you take Alive in Joburg, which was the short, and turn in into a film. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
It's otherworldly Jul 12, 2009
Donovan s best friend is a cousin of Fran Walsh, Jackson s wife and collaborator. Donovan himself wore a mask as an extra in an early Jackson film called Meet the Feebles. (Boston Globe)
Gollum actor to 'play' King Kong Jul 5, 2009
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GDT on Hobbit Trial Jun 6, 2009
IGN: Del Toro on Hobbit Trial. SECTIONS MOVIES CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. (IGN FilmForce)
Hobbit movies to tell one long tale May 11, 2009
Jackson, who is also the films' executive producer, will be writing it with his Lord of the Rings trilogy partners, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and Hobbit director Guillermo Del Toro. The films are to be shot in Wellington next year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Jackson: 'Bones' was lovely to make Apr 20, 2009
A: I think my partner, Fran Walsh, put it best when she said The Lovely Bones is about the triumph of a loving and generous heart over an empty one. It's about a young girl who refuses to let the tragedy and injustice of her death define her life. (USA Today)
