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'The Lord Of The Rings' Director Peter Jackson Joins Colossal Mission To Resurrect New Zealand’s Lost Giant

The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is stepping into uncharted territory, but it is not Middle earth this time. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has joined a groundbreaking project that aims to ...
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Lord of the Wings? ‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs plan to ‘de-extinct’ New Zealand bird

In a “Jurassic Park”-esque fashion, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and the Texas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences are partnering to “de-extinct” the centuries-extinct New Zealand ...
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‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long-shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa

WASHINGTON — Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led ...
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Andy Serkis Says ‘I Can’t Escape’ Gollum Before Flying to New Zealand to Begin New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie: ‘We’re Going Down to Start Prep’

Andy Serkis recently told Metro that he is heading to New Zealand this month to begin work on “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum,” the new “Rings” movie that he is starring in and directing.
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‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long-shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa

Filmmaker Peter Jackson, left, and Colossal CEO Ben Lamm hold up bones from Jackson’s collection of extinct moa bones in Wellington, New Zealand, 2024. A depiction is represented of the largest ...