Hhhh. This again?? I genuinely thought Peter Jackson just… stopped. Like vanished into a giant pile of Wētā FX render servers and Beatles nostalgia. But no—he’s apparently writing? Three scripts??
I dunno. It’s weirdly comforting but also kinda like when your high school history teacher pops up on TikTok to explain crypto. I respect it, but I also don’t want it??
So yeah. He told Screen Rant—Screen Rant, lmao—that he’s not retired. Not even close. He’s got three scripts cooking. One of them’s “The Hunt for Gollum,” which Andy Serkis is directing. Sure. That makes sense in a spinoff-y, no-one-asked-but-we’ll-watch-it way.
And the other two? No clue. Big mystery. He’s producing, he’s writing, he’s still playing around with Beatles stuff. (“Get Back” was good, I’m not made of stone.)
But you know what’s wild? He hasn’t directed a real movie since 2014. That’s 11 years. That’s older than my niece. And yet everyone still talks like he’s about to drop another “Return of the King” any second now.
Here’s the kicker: the Tintin sequel?? Still floating around like a forgotten toy in a bathtub. That was supposed to be his thing. Spielberg passed him the baton in 2011. And then… silence.
Also I forgot “The Lovely Bones” even existed until just now. That movie had a ghost child narrating from purgatory while Mark Wahlberg carved little ships in a bottle or something??
I dont hate that he’s back. I just… dont know if he’s back. Not really. And I miss when you had to wait for things. Waiting made it feel bigger.
Anyway—what was I saying? Right. Three scripts. Jackson’s alive. Serkis is directing. Middle-earth won’t stay buried, and maybe that’s okay. Or maybe we’re all just digging up the same bones over and over and calling it a new beast.
