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'I'm a little bored of movies' - Peter Jackson News
Xbox 360 News by Eurogamer staff
Peter Jackson says that he's "a little bored of movies".
Last night the Lord of the Rings director revealed that he was forming Wingnut Interactive - an off-shoot of his Wingnut Studios company - to explore partnerships with Microsoft Game Studios, including an original chapter of the Halo franchise with Bungie and a second, unnamed title for Xbox 360 and Live.
In a roundtable discussion with Peter Molyneux and Bioware's Dr. Greg Zeschuk this morning, Jackson expanded on his reasons, and said that his changing attitude to film led him to explore other options - of which games are one.
"I've got to the stage now where I just end up catching something on DVD and I'm more excited about games coming out in the next 2-3 months than films," he said.
"That created an awareness in me of the shift in entertainment options out there, and if I'm feeling that other are too." On his approach, he said that his ideas - stories, scenarios and so on - might not always be suitable for film, and that's what he intends to explore with Wingnut Interactive.
"We're not going to force a round peg in a square hole," he said.
On his choice of Xbox 360 as the platform, he told attendees at Microsoft's press conference last night that he saw Xbox 360 and Live as "an amazing living canvas ... which allows the storytellers of our time to express themselves in a new medium".
"From a movie-maker's point of view, it is clear to me that the Xbox 360 platform is the stage where storytellers can work their craft in the same way they do today with movies and books but taking it further with interactivity," he concluded.
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Stormflood
28/09/06 @ 09:01
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"I'm a little bored of movies."
I know how he feels, I watched his King Kong |
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kaosridder
28/09/06 @ 09:06
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You cynical people, you.
He is doing it out of love. Pure love says I. |
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bigbadbeasty
28/09/06 @ 09:07
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""I'm a little bored of movies."
I know how he feels, I watched his King Kong" My god, me too. Please PJ don't remake any more films, just make a Braindead sequel or something. |
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Jesus: Action Figure
28/09/06 @ 09:23
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"But of course, his movies are over-rated and you all would've made them better."
No. I wouldn't have made them better. I wouldn't have made them at all! Muahahahaha! etc etc |
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Mr_Whacker
28/09/06 @ 09:31
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Give the bloke a break. After the cash he earnt for New Line with LotR he can make a crappy remake if he likes. But just one.
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From a movie-maker's point of view, [...] the Xbox 360 platform is the stage where storytellers can work their craft [...] taking it further with interactivity
I hate it when Film directors say that. I don't think that they have it in them to create something interactive. Please prove me wrong Mr Jackson. I've got to the stage now where I just end up catching something on DVD and I'm more excited about games coming out in the next 2-3 months than films +1 |
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el_pollo_diablo
28/09/06 @ 09:33
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Despite the fact that the Lord of the Rings films left me completely cold, Peter Jackson is one of the few directors who I don't instantly want to punch to death the moment I see them.
He could have picked something better than Halo to have a go at though. Stubbs the Zombie. |
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Anchorman notwithstanding I hope.
Oh God, you are joking, surely? I managed to last roughly half an hour with that piece of shite and in that time not a single smile crossed my face. Will Ferrell always seems to be a funny guy in other people's movies, but I've yet to see him in a movie where he's the lead and have him actually make me laugh. |
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Carrybagma
28/09/06 @ 10:29
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Oh my god - the luvvies are invading gaming.
"New mediums, dahlinks! New mediums!" |
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"I hate it when Film directors say that. I don't think that they have it in them to create something interactive"
Speaking from experience? Really, who the hell are we to have a go at the artistic and creative abilities of the director of the LOTRTrilogy? So what if Kong wasn't amazing: he did it for fun and as a personal ambition. How does it compare to what you last did for a bit of fun? Grow up guys. |
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Artemis_Matsas
28/09/06 @ 10:43
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Mr. Jackson, please cut the crap and start working on the Hobbit movie!!!
Now! Get going! /cracks whip |
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I think it was only time before PJ got into the games market. His latest ventures have been remakes, King Kong and now Dambusters, which fits in nicely with all the game sequels. ;)
However, if he were to do a "Bad Taste" video game, then that might be very interesting! Imagine the visuals of Dead Rising with the story of Bad Taste. I so want to play as Derek. Climbing trees is out of the question though... |
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prettyboytim
28/09/06 @ 11:06
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Really, who the hell are we to have a go at the artistic and creative abilities of the director of the LOTRTrilogy?
I don't think anyone's saying he can't make a good movie, but there's really no proof that being able to make a good movie is in any way related to the ability to make a good game. So what if Kong wasn't amazing: he did it for fun and as a personal ambition. How does it compare to what you last did for a bit of fun? Grow up guys. Apples and Oranges. Some of us can't spend $207,000,000 and take a couple of years out of our lives to do something 'for a bit of fun'. I'm not saying he isn't talented at filmmaking; he obviously is, but we have no way of knowing whether he's any good at making games. |
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"an amazing living canvas ... which allows the storytellers of our time to express themselves in a new medium".
it's more about player expression than developer expression for me. But whatevs. Everyone's entitled to an opinion. And everyone's entitled to an opinion of everyone else's opinion... in my case, it's a fairly negative one. No-one is entitled to an opinion of someone's opinion of someone else's opinion. That's where I draw the line. GO AWAY META COMEDIANS. |
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"Having someone like him saying he's more excited about coming games than movies is something VERY positive for anyone interested in games. And I wish you could stop complaining and just appreciate it.
But of course, his movies are over-rated and you all would've made them better". STFU n00b. Cynical is the new black, donchaknow? |
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@ Tonka
"you fucking numbskull" Eloquent...no really @Prettyboytim "there's really no proof that being able to make a good movie is in any way related to the ability to make a good game" Agreed, but neither is there overwhelming evidence to suggest that directors are incapable of making games. Point is we should give him a chace instead of getting precious. "Apples and Oranges. Some of us can't spend $207,000,000 and take a couple of years out of our lives to do something 'for a bit of fun" Painting, writing a song or a play, sketching, dancing, acting..none of these require a great deal of cash. My point was: unless you've created anything of artisitc worth yourself, keep your half-assed opinions to yourself (I don't mean you by the way :)
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@phAge: There's no need to disrespect you know?
Cynicism: Describes the opinions of individuals who maintain that self-interest is the primary motive of human behavior, and who are disinclined to rely on sincerity, human virtue, or altruism. Then your world is a very sad one, and I'm quickly getting sick of it. |
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captain_cupcake
28/09/06 @ 12:50
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I prefer Sir Humphrey's take:
"A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist" Cynical is the new black Yeah, but was also the old black too...
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Mr_Whacker
28/09/06 @ 12:59
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Don't forget that he's a gamer too. We all bang on about where Developers are going wrong all the time. Its his opinion that he can do a decent job of it. Its no less valid because he made his name in a non-interactive medium.
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el_pollo_diablo
28/09/06 @ 13:23
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Rimbaldi said:
Point is we should give him a chace instead of getting precious. I'm with you to a point, but would you say the same thing if was Uwe Boll? :) |
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kangarootoo
28/09/06 @ 13:31
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"and you all would've made them better"
"My point was: unless you've created anything of artisitc worth yourself, keep your half-assed opinions to" I don't agree with either of those statements. As consumers we pay the bills so, 1. We can express our opinions as often as we want, we paid so we get to moan. If you express them in unconstructive ways then we risk looking like ignorant fools, but that doens't affect our right to an opinion. 2. We don't NEED to be able to do a better job ourselves to criticise. Thats why we PAID someone else to do the job for us. When was the last time you saw a surgeon in a malpractice case telling the relatives of the deceased "I bet you couldn't have done any better"? When was the last time you saw an ageing football coach being required to be better at actually playing than the footballers he instructs? Its just nonsense. |
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kangarootoo
28/09/06 @ 13:32
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For context, I quite like PJ's films. I thought KK had some issues, and not all of the LOTR films were quite my thing (2 was my fave as it happens), but you can hardly call them total crap. On the whole, very well turned out I thought.
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The article seemed to miss off the more interesting quotes from the bearded wonder:
"Despite being married I never get any sex" quipped Jackson. Who went on to say " The wife says it's her but I see the look in her eyes everytime i put on my Gimli costume. Then yesterday while reading the fantastic Eurogamer I came across the article "Games make you have sex", and I thought bingo, what if i could create a game for the missus! So I decided right then - video gaming that's the way of the future if if it'll help me get my knob polished while I am brandising my axe". Jackson's and his WingNuts were unavailable to comment on any improvement in his success rate or the title of his forthcoming game. |
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Mr_Whacker
28/09/06 @ 13:55
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I actually think Jackson is one of the only directors on the current circuit who can competently express fantasies, dreams and imagination of his characters, as he does in Heavenly Creatures. Its called 'inner life' in BS speak. I think that was instrumental in LotR working (for Golem, Frodo's burden, the sense of the age and scale of Middle Earth and a sense of menace whilst the villain barely exists). The other is Gilliam - check out Tideland if you like quirky, dreamy films.
Plus Braindead is hilarious. |
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gamesb*tch
28/09/06 @ 14:09
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His attempt can't be any worse than the half assed piece of crap that was King Kong the game, oh, now hang on a minute... :P
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PES_Fanboy
28/09/06 @ 14:29
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I hope he's a better games designer than Hideo Kojima is a film director.
Zing! |
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@Kangarootoo
"We don't NEED to be able to do a better job ourselves to criticise. Thats why we PAID someone else to do the job for us. When was the last time you saw a surgeon in a malpractice case telling the relatives of the deceased "I bet you couldn't have done any better" But Jackson's not the one saying "I bet you couldn't have done any better". It's me, another consumer. I might say to someone involved in a malpractice suit "we don't understand the pressures that surgeons work under and all human beings make mistakes from time to time. Joining the 'sue for everything' bandwagon however makes everyones life gradually worse". /flies back from tangent "When was the last time you saw an ageing football coach being required to be better at actually playing than the footballers he instructs? Its just nonsense" Yes it is, but an ageing football coach is perfectly entitled to criticise as he will have had years of experience playing football and learning the game inside out at a professional level. Quite dismilar to someone who has never directed a game or a film, slagging off someone with a superb track record in one for having ambitions in the other. I'm all for free speech. I'm even more for informed judgement.
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