Walk of Fame’s Star: The last frontier of Peter Jackson

   Most of you may don’t know who Peter is. For all of you, I recommend you to take you’re The Lord of the Rings case films and read their back, because Peter Jackson is the New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter of these striking films.

   Since he was a child and his friends gifted him his first Super 8 camera, he have seen the world through a lens, making us get emotion with his adaptation films and with his own creations. His characteristic films are based on amazing special effects made at a very low cost.

   He shone with his first long film Bad Taste (1987). Jackson himself did nearly everything in the movie; he directed, produced, filmed and starred in it. He used a $250 second-hand camera to film the movie. It took Jackson and his friends four years to complete it. What had started as a joke in a group of friends, then, became a cult classic.

 A friend of Jackson who was working in the movie industry convinced him the film had commercial prospects and arranged for it to be shown at the Cannes film festival, where it won a lot of acclaim, as well as a number of prizes. The movie soon became a hit because of its bizarre humor and overdose of special effects, some realistic and some comically amateur.

   After that, Jackson became a director and the door to fame and fortune was opened to him. He gave up his job at a local photographer's shop and became a well-known director. He has directed many films like The adventures of Tintin, King Kong, and other less known such as Heavenly Creatures, Forgotten Silver or District 9.

   One of his many works was the adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, a fantasy book from the successful writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Actually, he has just adapted the prequel of TLOTR, The Hobbit. Moreover, seven days after the World Premiere in London of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (1 Dec.), the Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker will receive his Star in the Walk of Fame (Los Angeles).

   "We are very happy to honor such an esteemed filmmaker as Peter Jackson with a star on the Walk of Fame," said Ana Martinez, producer of the Walk of Fame ceremonies. "His groundbreaking and award-winning films are part of the legacy of larger-than-life, Hollywood-style entertainment that is beloved the world over."

   Not only his new Star will attendance this event the 8^th of December, but also a huge wealth of stars who have appeared in Middle Earth Jackson’s trilogies, such as Andy Serkis (as guest speaker), Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage and Elijah Wood.

   From here, we want to congratulate Mr. Jackson because he really deserve that Star, and, as today is Thanksgiving, we want to thank him for enjoying our lifes with his breathtaking films.

Thank you, Mr. Jackson