Peter Jackson to direct 'The Lovely Bones'

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Peter Jackson to direct 'The Lovely Bones' Wednesday, January 19, 2005

#1 Laura

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Posted 19 January 2005 - 01:56 PM

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Rings team 'line up' Lovely Bones
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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is to turn his attention to adapting the novel The Lovely Bones as his next project, according to Variety.

He and partner Fran Walsh have bought the rights to Alice Sebold's best-selling book about the murder and rape of a young girl.

Jackson will not begin filming it until he completes King Kong, and it is not expected to be released until 2007.

The film will be produced in conjunction with Film Four.

The story is told from the viewpoint of the murdered teenager as she sees from heaven how her family are coping with the tragedy.

"It's the best kind of fantasy in that it has a lot to say about the real world," Jackson told trade paper Variety.

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Posted 19 January 2005 - 04:49 PM

Ignoring the hobbity director for a bit, that's quite a misleading title for a book. "The Lovely Bones" brings to my mind the idea of that series of books about the Big Skeleton and the Little Skeleton and the Dog Skeleton. Kids books. What were they called? Why do I have such a thing about skulls and skeletons?

But yeah, sounds like the last thing I'd take a ladyfriend to see. Might go and see it on the one day in my life I go to the cinema alone, however.

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 01:33 AM

I think my mom read that book...

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 04:07 AM

Not something I'd go see either, rape rubs me the wrong way, like most normal people.

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 04:30 AM

I'm eagerly awaiting Peter Jackson's triumphant return to making movies starring puppets. This news just makes that dream ever-more distant.

Then again, he has already made a masterpiece of the genre... well, whatever. Go ahead mr. Jackson. Make your movies about rape victims, and have them star real people. See if i care!

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 10:02 AM

Good point, Chyld. Perhaps a more appropriate title would be "The Very Unlovely and Kind of Disturbing Bones".

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 01:06 PM

Yeah, the premise sounds disturbing, but has anyone read the book yet? I don't know how well we can make that sort of claim without reading it first.

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 02:22 PM

The book = disturbing and wonderful and moving.

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 05:28 PM

I dunno...this sounds rather interesting to me for some reason. I'll have to check out that book at some point.

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 07:36 PM

This premise reminds me too much of Shiunji and the Suicide Girl from http://sexylosers.com/

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Posted 20 January 2005 - 08:20 PM

What premise does?

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Posted 21 January 2005 - 08:52 AM

'the loverly bones' had better be a working title snow screen for 'the hobbit'

like a blue harvest thing...

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Posted 22 January 2005 - 11:05 AM

QUOTE (barend @ Jan 21 2005, 02:52 PM)

'the loverly bones' had better be a working title snow screen for 'the hobbit'

like a blue harvest thing...

Funny, I don't remember anyone being raped and murdered in 'The Hobbit'. But then it is a long time since I read the book...

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Posted 23 January 2005 - 02:24 AM

QUOTE (Jen @ Jan 21 2005, 09:20 AM)

What premise does?

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The murdered girl looking down from Heaven bit. Though the comic in question is quite disgusting, so I won't link it. You can check the site yourself if so inclined.

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Posted 23 January 2005 - 10:49 AM

QUOTE (SimeSublime @ Jan 23 2005, 02:24 AM)

The murdered girl looking down from Heaven bit. Though the comic in question is quite disgusting, so I won't link it. You can check the site yourself if so inclined.