A still from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Los Angeles:
Director Peter Jackson wants totake a break from making Hollywood blockbusters once he isdone with The Hobbit trilogy.
Jackson, who has helmed The Lord of the Rings seriesand The Hobbit trilogy, wants to come up with some projectsbased in New Zealand, reported Huffington Post.
The New Zealand filmmaker along with Fran Walsh and manyothers have written the screenplay of the fantasy series."We have got a few bits and pieces that we are workingon, Fran and I. We just want to step off the Hollywoodblockbuster thing for a while and we've had a few New Zealandstories in line for a while that we think would make greatfilms," Jackson said.
"In some respects in terms of my remaining filmmakingcareer, this was a five-year chunk that was kind of taken outof it unexpectedly. My future is five years less than Ithought it was. I thought if I am going to do that I amactually going to enjoy it. I am going to have fun. Hopefully,that is reflected on the screen, too," he added.
Jackson, who has helmed The Lord of the Rings seriesand The Hobbit trilogy, wants to come up with some projectsbased in New Zealand, reported Huffington Post.
The New Zealand filmmaker along with Fran Walsh and manyothers have written the screenplay of the fantasy series."We have got a few bits and pieces that we are workingon, Fran and I. We just want to step off the Hollywoodblockbuster thing for a while and we've had a few New Zealandstories in line for a while that we think would make greatfilms," Jackson said.
"In some respects in terms of my remaining filmmakingcareer, this was a five-year chunk that was kind of taken outof it unexpectedly. My future is five years less than Ithought it was. I thought if I am going to do that I amactually going to enjoy it. I am going to have fun. Hopefully,that is reflected on the screen, too," he added.
