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Film Director Peter Jackson Donates $10 Million To Help Bring Back The Dodo
04 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Jackson joins a group of celebrity investors who have now already contributed a total of $235 million to help Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences bring back the extinct creatures.
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Friday Morning Spice
04 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
How a secret note got Steinhoff’s former finance chief jailed, Eminem Reveals He Will Become a Grandpa, a 31-year French treasure hunt may have a winner, and KLM adds direct flights to Cape Town.
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2022’s Highest-Paid Entertainer Comes Out Of Left Field
10 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A majority of the 25 highest-paid entertainers earned a combined $4,4 billion (before taxes and fees) without creating anything new.
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The Subtle ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Harvey Weinstein Diss We All Missed
05 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Weinstein’s company, Miramax, was the initial holder of film rights to JRR Tolkein’s book series.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Hobbit – The Battle of Five Armies
17 Dec 2014 by SPLING / No Comments
Peter Jackson has unleashed The Hobbit Trilogy in a similar fashion to George Lucas’s quest to make the first three Star Wars films. Unfortunately, they too don’t live up to the former glory of the original trilogy. While many were quite skeptical about Jackson splitting the adaptation into not two, but three chapters… for the most part, he’s managed […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug
18 Dec 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Will they be releasing an extended edition of The Hobbit trilogy? It seems as though that’s already happening. If anything, there will be a special director’s cut, which will probably get a cinema release, drawing all of the films together in the space of three-and-a-half hours. If not, there will undoubtedly be a fan-made version […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey
12 Dec 2012 by SPLING / 2 Comments
Bloemfontein born author, J.R.R. Tolkien, would have been very proud of Peter Jackson if he was still with us today. The Lord of the Rings trilogy, undoubtedly the greatest trilogy of all-time, has a special place in most people’s hearts and movie collections and is the new standard by which all fantasy adventures will be […]
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The Hobbit’s Cast Appear In Flight Safety Presentation [VIDEO]
01 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The wait is almost over for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s prequel to Lord of the Rings. The film is due for worldwide release in December.
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Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” Looks Like It Sort Of Sucks
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Last year, James Cameron called on filmmakers to start shooting film at 48 frames per second – twice the industry standard, and twice as smooth, visually. Peter Jackson was the first to respond, shooting The Hobbit at 48fps. And, according to people who saw a 10-minute preview at CinemaCon this year, it looks like a made-for-TV BBC movie.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
21 Dec 2011 by SPLING / No Comments
The nostalgic The Adventures of Tintin animation series by Herge gave Belgium another famous fictional personality other than Poirot, one whose agenda often involved political conspiracy and espionage. The graphic novels have entertained their readers, delivering a soft James Bond meets Poirot type character in elaborate situations with freedom of imagination.
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The First Trailer For The Hobbit [VIDEO]
21 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It’s been a really long time since the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and Peter Jackson and the rest of Middle Earth have all been back in New Zealand to film The Hobbit, the story before the Lord of the Rings. Full trailer after the jump.
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New Zealand Clings To Its Rich Fantasy Life
26 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thousands of politically-minded Kiwis have come out in protest to prevent production of the Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, from moving out of New Zealand. I understand completely – I went through the same thing when my parents made me stop wearing my wizard outfit to school.
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