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King Kong (2005)

King Kong is a 2005 film directed by Peter Jackson. The making of this film was a life long dream for Jackson, who, as a child, fell in love with movies while watching the original King Kong from 1933. This episode breaks down Jackson's approach to remaking his favourite movie of all time, and how lessons from The Lord of the Rings would benefit its production. This is the third and final episode in my series on the films of Peter Jackson.

How Peter Jackson Adapted The Lord of the Rings

In 1995, Hollywood considered The Lord of the Rings 'unfilmable' which is why it was a crazy filmmaker from the other side of the world who set out to try and do it. It took Peter Jackson years to get the green light and when he finally got it, he was awarded with the daunting task of having to figure out how to adapt one of the most beloved fantasy novels in history for the big screen. This is how he did it.

The Early Films of Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson is a writer and director known for The Lord of the Rings. Today's episode explores the five feature films he made before venturing into Middle Earth.

Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima is a 2020 video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the PlayStation 4. The game currently holds a 9.2 user score on MetaCritic, making it one of the top 20 highest rated video games of all time.

Best-Sellers: Are They Born or Made? (1939)

'Best-Sellers: Are they born or made? (Lincoln's Doctor's Dog) is a 1939 book written by publishers Stanley Unwin and George Stevens, along with novelist Frank Swinnerton about what actually makes a book a bestseller. I read this book to see what timeless lesson it can teach modern artists when it comes to promoting their work.