Peter Jackson's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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==1980s==

===''A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: The Dream Lover''===

In the late 1980s, Jackson submitted a screenplay to [[New Line Cinema]] he co-wrote with [[Danny Mulheron ]] entitled ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: The Dream Lover''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Fleming|title=Peter Jackson's A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Lover [Script to Pieces]|url=https://variety.com/2008/digital/features/gore-verbinski-to-direct-bioshock-1117985365/|date=January 17, 2024|website=Wicked Horror|access-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=JoBlo Horror Originals|title=PETER JACKSON'S ELM STREET PART 6 - WTF Happened to this Unmade Horror Movie|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihQFsWgdlHw|date=July 30, 2021|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref> A separate script for a sixth film, ''[[Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare]]'' (1991), was made instead.

===''Bad Taste 2''===

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===''Jean Batten''===

Jackson at one point optioned the [[film rights]] for the biography of the famous [[New Zealand]] aviatrix, ''[[Jean Batten]]: The Garbo of the Skies''.<ref name="Unrealized"/>

=== ''The World isIs Not Enough'' ===

Jackson was offered to direct the [[James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999), but [[Barbara Broccoli]] lost interest after a screening of his film ''[[The Frighteners]]'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite book|author=Brian Sibley|title=Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|year=2006|___location=London|pages=397–8|isbn=0-00-717558-2|author-link=Brian Sibley}}</ref>

==2000s==

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After the publication of the non-fiction book ''[[As Nature Made Him]]'' in 2000, Jackson wrote a script based on that story of Canadian man [[David Reimer]] whose childhood was spent living as a girl after a botched circumcision as a baby.<ref name="Unrealized"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/steven-spielberg-reveals-peter-jacksons-next-movie-wont-be-tintin/QHDBQA627LODZ2MDCEUAAJGRDE/ |title=Steven Spielberg reveals Peter Jackson's next movie won't be Tintin|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=June 29, 2016|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref>

===''Halo''===I

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===Untitled Beatles project===

Following the release of his documentary ''[[The Beatles: Get Back]]'' (2022) on [[Disney+]], Jackson was reportedly in discussions with former [[Beatles]] members [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Ringo Starr]] for an additional non-documentary feature project.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/get-back-peter-jackson-another-beatles-film-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-1235073331/|title=After 5-Emmy-Nom Haul, 'Get Back's Peter Jackson Plots Another Beatles Film With Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=July 20, 2022|access-date=September 29, 2024}}</ref>

==Offers==

=== ''The World is Not Enough'' ===

Jackson was offered to direct the [[James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999), but [[Barbara Broccoli]] lost interest after a screening of his film ''[[The Frighteners]]'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite book|author=Brian Sibley|title=Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|year=2006|___location=London|pages=397–8|isbn=0-00-717558-2|author-link=Brian Sibley}}</ref>

==References==