Peter Jackson's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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The following is '''a list of unproduced Peter Jackson projects''' in roughly chronological order. During his long career, New Zealand filmmaker [[Peter Jackson]] has worked on several projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell in development hell, were officially canceled, were in development limbo or would see life under a different production team.<ref name="Unrealized">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/ichatterboxi-jacksons-ones-that-got-away/UPPKMXA7OR5XIEOHBID4EJ4VPQ/ |title=Jackson's ones that got away|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=December 9, 2003|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Unrealized2">{{cite web|last=Harrison|first=Mark|url=https://filmstories.co.uk/features/the-unproduced-film-projects-of-peter-jackson/|title=The unproduced film projects of Peter Jackson|website=Film Stories|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref>

==1980s==

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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>

===''The True Story of John/Joan''===

==2000s==

AfterIn the1999, publicationit ofwas thereported non-fiction bookin ''[[As Nature Made HimVariety]]'' that among the projects in 2000development at Good Machine was ''The True Story of John/Joan'', set to be directed by Jackson wrotefrom a script basedby on[[Fran thatWalsh]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cox|first=Dan|url=https://variety.com/1999/more/news/good-machine-puts-slate-in-gear-1117502137/|title=Good Machine puts slate in gear|magazine=[[Variety]]|date=May 17, 1999|access-date=January 24, 2025}}</ref> It was adapted from [[John Colapinto]]'s ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' story of the same name about Canadian man [[David Reimer]] whose childhood was spent living as a girl after a botched circumcision as a baby. Colapinto later wrote a book-length account on Reimer, ''[[As Nature Made Him]]''.<ref name="Unrealized"/><ref name="Next">{{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>

===''As Nature Made Him''===

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 name="Next">{{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>

==2000s==

===''Halo''===

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