Category Archives: Dambusters remake
NZ film industry saved! (No news on Dambusters!)
Believe me, I’ve tried. On your behalf, I have scoured the news sites who have covered the recent travails of the New Zealand film industry in depth – and found precisely No News about the remake of The Dam Busters. … Continue reading
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Wow! Good morning and welcome!
I can only attribute it to the Dambusters double header shown on BBC2 last night, but I have just seen the biggest ever single “spike” in views of this blog. Nearly 1300 people found their way here yesterday, and a … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, David Maltby
Cold wind of Wellywood may blow over Dambusters remake
There were whispers a few weeks ago that all was not well in Peter Jackson’s Wingnut Films studio, but no formal statement ever emerged from the famously secretive setup. However, it now seems that at least some of these rumours … Continue reading
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Bomb dropped. Wizard!*
This great model is the work of 7-year-old Reece Baker, who is apparently a big Dambusters fan. So, a big ‘Hi Reece’ from all the readers of this blog. It looks as though you will have a terrific future career … Continue reading
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Something he forgot to mention?
NZ film mogul Peter Jackson gave an interview to local newspaper The Dominion Post last week, talking about his favourite First World War movies. He told the interviewer about his long term plans to make a film about the Gallipoli … Continue reading
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Dambusters not affected by MGM woes
The news that Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro is no longer to direct The Hobbit, which was to be produced by Peter Jackson, does not at first glance have any repercussions on Jackson’s projected Dambusters film. However, it is … Continue reading
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Arise, Sir Peter
Peter Jackson is to receive the same accolade as that given to other great film directors such as Sir David Lean and Sir Alfred Hitchcock, with a knighthood. (Another report here.) Regular readers of this blog will know that amongst … Continue reading
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Jackson speaks: Dam Busters remake to start shooting in 2010
Here’s a great seasonal present for all Dambuster film fans. Speaking on Campbell Live, a New Zealand TV show, on Monday 14 December Peter Jackson confirmed that the remake is going ahead, and that shooting is likely to start sometime next year. … Continue reading
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More news from Stephen Fry on Dambusters remake
New Zealand TV reporter Kate Rodger caught up with Stephen Fry at the launch in London of The Lovely Bones, and received a 30 second update on progress on the Dambusters remake. (If you want to see the video you’ll … Continue reading
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This could be serious. Jackson denies putting Dambusters on ‘back burner’
This could be bad news, folks. In a throwaway remark in an interview with the well-respected Hollywood Reporter, Peter Jackson and his Wingnut Films colleagues apparently let it be known that the Dambusters remake is now on the back burner, … Continue reading
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