Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh Launch Weta Animated; SR Labs’ Prem Akkaraju Named CEO & Sean Parker Joins Board

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSeveral more overseas productions will join James Cameron’s Avatar sequels and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog Netflix film in New Zealand in the coming  months.New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment has announced that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series, Netflix series Cowboy Bebop and Sweet Tooth, Peter Farrelly’s film Greatest Beer Run Ever starring Viggo Mortensen, and Power Rangers Beast Morphers series have been granted

Deadline, the series is currently called Swipe Swap and it sounds absolutely wild.Swipe Swap has two strangers trading lives. They move into their homes and live the other person’s life.They will go through the other person’s routine as well as interacting with their friends and families in hopes of finding romance in a new city.Um, so the plot of The Holiday then?SJP will only work as an executive producer, through her Pretty Matches Productions, so we won’t see her on camera.

John Prine has received a very special posthumous honor. The late country folk legend has been named the first honorary poet laureate of Illinois, his home state.

Peter Jackson has paid tribute to his Lord Of The Rings star Sir Ian Holm in a touching Facebook post.The actor lost his battle with Parkinson’s disease on Friday (June 19, 2020) and Jackson took to social media over the weekend to offer up his thoughts on the “wonderful” Brit, who played Bilbo Baggins in his movies.“I’m feeling very sad at the passing of Sir Ian Holm,” the director wrote. “Ian was such a delightful, generous man.

Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies – has shared a heartwarming tribute to Sir Ian Holm, who died at the age of 88. The Oscar-nominated actor – best known for playing Bilbo Baggins – died peacefully in hospital on June 19, according to his agent.

of famed British actor Ian Holm has been mourned throughout the film world, but especially by “Lord of the Rings” fans who enjoyed his performance as Bilbo Baggins. In a Facebook post honoring his life, “LOTR” director Peter Jackson reflected on his memories of working with Holm on both “The Fellowship of the Ring” and his final film performance in “The Hobbit.”“Ian was such a delightful, generous man.

Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson said that working with Ian Holm taught him “so much”.

Sir Ian Holm passed away Friday at age 88, leaving behind a legacy of film performances in such films as “Alien”, “Chariots of FIre” and his multiple appearances as Bilbo Baggins in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings film franchise, is paying tribute to the late Ian Holm, who passed away this week.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmPeter Jackson wrote a heartfelt tribute to Ian Holm, the great actor who became an indelible figure in Middle Earth lore with his portrayal of the precocious ring-finder Hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Jackson posted this on his Facebook page, and here it is:The Wonderful Sir Ian HolmI’m feeling very sad at the passing of Sir Ian Holm.Ian was such a delightful, generous man.

Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson has paid an emotional tribute to the late Ian Holm.Holm, who starred as Bilbo Baggins in the trilogy of films, passed away this week at the age of 88.“I’m feeling very sad at the passing of Sir Ian Holm,” Jackson wrote in a lengthy post on Facebook. “Ian was such a delightful, generous man.

Lord of the Rings castmates Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, and Dominic Monaghan have added their tributes to those pouring in for Sir Ian Holm.The actor passed away in hospital in London on Friday following a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was well-known for playing Frodo’s uncle Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s adaptations of J.R.R.

Frozen star Josh Gad has paid tribute to Sir Ian Holm as “the beating heart” of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy following his death at the age of 88.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorSome of Ian Holm’s castmates from The Lord of the Rings movies are paying tribute to the actor who died today at 88. Holm played Bilbo Baggins in the first and last films in Peter Jackson celebrated early-2000s trilogy adapted from J.R.R.

British actor Ian Holm has died at the age of 88.

British actor Ian Holm has died at the age of 88. Holm, who starred as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, passed away in hospital in London on Friday, after a battle with Parkinson's disease.

Weta Digital, the Academy Award-winning visual effects company that made “The Lord of the Rings” and “Avatar” possible, is making original animated content for cinemas and streaming for the first time in its 25-year history. The company also said Thursday that Prem Akkaraju had joined the New Zealand-based shop as CEO.

Also Read: Sean Parker Invests in Peter Jackson's VFX Company Weta Digital“When people speak about the magic of filmmaking, they are speaking about Weta,” Akkaraju said. “For over 25 years, Weta has led the VFX/animation industry by fostering an incredibly talented group of artists who work in tandem with a gifted team of computer scientists and engineers.