Peter Jackson // LOTR

[JayX]

Probably been asked before, maybe, but i just wonder what the board meeting was like when they decided on Peter Jackson as the director for LOTR

Exec 1:"So how about Ridley Scott, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson"
Exec 2:"Peter Jackson?"
Exec 1:"Yeah the dude who did Bad Taste and Brain Dead"
Exec 2:"Yes, he's the man for the job!"

JayX

[ASHOKP]

Boy did those execs get it right!!! Clever sods, eh....;)

[mr_woo]

from what i've read was it not Peter Jackson who went round all the studios trying to get funding to do the Lord Of The Rings films rather than the execs deciding on doing the films and then picking him ?

[n-11]

Ridley Scott and George Lucas? You have got to be kidding right?
have u actually watched any films?

Trust me, Scott and Lucas would definately NOT have been considered.

[JayX]

*sigh*

i wasn't being serious n-11, its called a joke... the conversation is how i imagined things being.. big name directors then jacksons name mentioned (who doesn't have a hell of a lot of "mainstream" films behind him) amongst them...

/me goes back to the c&c / general forums....

[andyp2]

I heard that also mr_woo - only New Line would fund a 3 movie deal like he wanted at $90m a pop.

All the other 'big boys' would only go for 1 movie cos it was too risky - dicks :)

[danrees]

Well, they definitely picked the right guy. :D

I saw FotR yesterday and I was just blown away. The visuals were gorgeous and hideous at the same time, the acting was refreshingly brilliant and completely un-wooden, the direction was fantastic... :p :D

IMHO this is better than Star Wars.

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[Arch Stanton]

As brilliant as Peter Jackson's splatter movie trilogy is.
I bet when they were after getting the funding together they were more likely to mention the fact that he also made the Oscar nominated 'Heavenly Creatures'.

Can't help but wonder how good Jackson's version of King Kong would have been if Universal hadn't pulled the plug.

[Davester]

The others were probably too frightened. 3 movies and however many years is a big comitment and a long time to be out of the limelight. TBH Lucas is also too busy ruining star wars to do anything else.