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[[File:Peter Jackson.jpg|300px|thumb|Jackson at the premiere of The Hobbit in November, 2012.]]
'''Peter Jackson''' (born October 31, 1961) is a New Zealand-born filmmaker best known as the director of ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, which he, along with his long time partner, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens adapted from the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. He is also known for his remake of ''King Kong''.


'''Peter Jackson''' is a New Zealand-born filmmaker. Jackson is best known as the director of ''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy, as well as its prequel, ''[[wikipedia:The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' film trilogy which he, along with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, adapted from the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien.
With his successes and innovative film-making, Jackson is now considered to be an important force in the new generation of motion picture directors. Peter Jackson is also executive producing the game-to-film adaptation of [[Microsoft]]/[[Bungie]]'s blockbuster title [[Halo Movie|''Halo'']], expected to hit theaters around mid-2009. Jackson, an avid fan of the game, has confessed to playing it regularly during breaks in filming.<ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=a905Qib0Apg News report from TVNZ Channel One News]</ref>


==Background==
[[Image:Peter Jackson at Bungie.jpg|thumb|Peter Jackson, with the [[Bungie Studios]] people.]]In addition, Jackson has partnered with Microsoft Gaming Studios to form [[Wingnut Interactive]], a company that works on "filmic games". Together, they are tackling in making the [[Halo:Chronicles]].
===''Halo: Chronicles''===
[[File:Peter Jackson at Bungie.jpg|300px|thumb|Jackson at [[Bungie]] studios.]]
In 2006, Jackson formed [[WingNut Interactive]], a video game development studio, in partnership with [[Microsoft Studios|Microsoft Game Studios]]<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft,+Peter+Jackson+to+form+game+studio/2100-1043_3-6120230.html/ '''CNET:''' ''Microsoft, Peter Jackson to form game studio'']</ref>. The studio's first project was to develop and produce ''[[Halo: Chronicles]]'', an interactive story-telling game which was later cancelled<ref>[http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/07/peter-jackson-working-on-episodic-halo-content/ '''Joystiq:''' ''Peter Jackson working on episodic Halo content'']</ref> <ref>[http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/24/peter-jackson-halo-chronicles-no-longer-happening/ '''Joystiq:''' ''Peter Jackson: Halo Chronicles 'no longer happening'']</ref>.


===''Halo'' film===
Peter Jackson will produce a remake of ''The Dam Busters'' in 2007, along with Sir David Frost as Executive Producer. Jackson has also earned the rights to a film adaptation of the fantasy novel series ''Temeraire'', though it remains to be seen if he directs it.
In 2008, Peter Jackson was announced as the executive producer for the [[Halo film|''Halo'' film]]. He was also initially hired as the director for the film, though it was later announced that director [[Neill Blomkamp]] would be helming the project, due to Jackson's other commitments<ref>[http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/halo-3/724600p1.html/ '''Gamespy:''' ''Director Announced for Halo Film'']</ref>.  


When plans for the film fell through, Jackson and Blomkamp instead started production on ''[[wikipedia:District 9|District 9]]''. Many elements from the cancelled ''Halo'' film were re-used or adapted for ''District 9'', including the basic [[Warthog]] and [[Pod infector]] designs<ref>[http://www.hollywood.com/news/movies/5674105/peter-jackson-explains-how-halo-became-district-9?page=all/ '''Hollywood:''' ''Peter Jackson Explains How "Halo" Became "District 9"'']</ref>.
==Trivia==
*Peter Jackson was originally going to be the director of the [[Halo (Film)|Halo movie]] but he decided to give the job to [[Neil Blomkamp]] because he was tierd from working on ''King Kong'' and felt he needed a break.
 
==See Also==
*[[Interview with Peter Jackson]]


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== External link ==
*[http://www.xboxaktuell.de/news,id741,peter_jackson_interview_u_halo_wars.html ''Interview with Peter Jackson (Halo film) and Dave Luehmann (Halo Wars)'']
 
[[Category:People|Jackson, Peter]]
[[Category:People|Jackson, Peter]]

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