While Peter Jackson’s later movies were much more successful, 1996’s underrated The Frighteners was a fun Michael J. Fox vehicle that deserved better than its box-office fate. A look back on Peter Jackson’s movies proves that the Lord of the Rings helmer has a unique career, even by Hollywood’s strange standards. Jackson started out making low-budget horror comedies like the classic splatter movie Bad Taste and 1989’s disturbingly gross puppet movie Meet the Feebles. 106d73

Peter Jackson and Mark Wahlberg's Oscar-nominated supernatural movie that made $93 million at the box office has landed on Netflix's global chart 15 years after its release. The New Zealander is best known as the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he co-wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, winning him a total of three Oscars. Jackson, the fifth-highest-grossing director of all time, has also helmed the critically acclaimed drama Heavenly Creatures, the horror-comedy The Frighteners, and the 2005 King Kong remake.

Throughout the last two decades, Peter Jackson has become one of modern cinema's most celebrated directors. With his directorial work on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises, along with his most recent project, a five-Emmy-winning Disney+ original docies on The Beatles titled Get Back, it's almost hard to believe that Jackson cut his teeth in the B-horror genre. Starting his career with cheesy horror films like Bad Taste and Dead Alive, no one safive-Emmy-winningw his transition from gore-filled slaughterfests to Academy Award-winning fantasy films coming.

The prospect of a sequel to one of Steven Spielberg's best movies of the 21st century has me very excited, especially given the comments of one of the film's stars. Spielberg is one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, helming some of the 20th and 21st century's most iconic films. As his career has gone on, the scope of Spielberg's best movies has expanded across genre lines, ranging from thrilling action-adventure to grounded exploration of real-life tragedies.

This December already marks the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and the 10th anniversary of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which makes them prime candidates for a rewatch. There's so much to enjoy about both trilogies, but what sometimes gets overlooked are the incredible animal characters.

Hobbit Day is under month away, which honors the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins (September 22). Then, just a few short months after that, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will celebrate its own birthday, as its theatrical release happened 10 years ago!

The original Lord of the Rings trilogy director Peter Jackson says he was never consulted for Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series. Jackson directed the first live-action adaptation of the fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, including 2001's The Fellowship of the Ring, 2002's The Two Towers, and 2003's The Return of the King, which won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director in 2004. Jackson would go on to direct The Hobbit trilogy, which split Tolkien's novel into three parts and was released between 2012 and 2014.

J.R.R. Tolkien's enchanting prequel to The Lord of the Rings is a beloved fantasy classic enjoyed the world over. A charming blend of fairytale and epic, The Hobbit is a book that's helped shape the fantasy genre and inspire other creators to set out on their own quests and adventures, including the likes of Peter Jackson.

Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is one of the most beloved fantasy series in the genre, so it came as no surprise that he eventually made The Hobbit into an epic trilogy on par with his previous films. The original book is a tale of dragons, dwarves, and a furry-footed burglar who goes on an unexpected and life-changing adventure.

Halo has seen a number of different spin-offs over the years, but one of the biggest ones, a planned episodic Halo game from director Peter Jackson, never saw the light of day. While Jackson's Halo would have been among the first Halo-related spin-off projects outside the core game series by developer Bungie, it thankfully wasn't the last. The fact that Jackson's project never got off the ground has scarcely stopped Halo from continuing to spread its wings as a franchise, whether it be the franchise's ongoing book series, Showtime's Halo TV show, or arcade games like Halo: Fireteam Raven.