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Director James Cameron’s The Terminator is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, it’s the latest one of the director’s movies to get a radical 4K restoration done by Park Road Post, a post-production facility owned by Peter Jackson’s WingNut Films. This company is behind some of the most incredible, acclaimed restorations in recent memory, including Peter Jackson’s WWI documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old, and his The Beatles’ Get Back documentary.

But they’ve also been controversial, with James Cameron using them to significantly alter the looks of several of his films as they hit 4K. Notably, each film had been completely wiped of any film-like grain, making them look more like contemporary films than those made in the 1980s and 90s. This was especially noticeable in Aliens, which always sported a grainy look due to the high-speed film stock used.

The fabled expedition of Ernest Shackleton, the Anglo-Irish explorer who led 27 men on a voyage to Antarctica in 1914 aboard the three-masted barquentine schooner Endurance, only to see his ship sink and to spend the next 500 days trying to survive and get back to civilization, sounds like something you read about in history books — or maybe a storybook. It’s a saga so removed from our time, so rooted in a pre-technological world, that the idea that you could actually see it as it’s happening seems wondrous.

Yet Shackleton, who had an early 20th-century showman’s flair for publicity, took a filmmaker along with him as part of the crew — the photographer and cinematographer Frank Hurley, who shot the whole journey. So even as Shackleton and his men were stranded at the bottom of the earth, trapped in an endless stretching expanse of pack ice, their daily routines, their research,...

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It's been well over a decade since "Indiana Jones" filmmaker Steven Spielberg and "The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson teamed up to bring us "The Adventures of Tintin." Based on the works of Hergé, it was an ambitious motion-capture adaptation of the "Tintin" comics that was intended to be the start of a full-fledged franchise. Spielberg directed the first installment, with Jackson expected to direct the sequel. Sadly, that sequel never came. So, what happened exactly? And is the movie still going to happen?

Last we heard about "Tintin 2" was way back in 2018 when Spielberg, who was in the midst of promoting "Ready Player One," suggested that it was still going to happen. Or, at the very least, that he still wanted it to happen. Here's what Spielberg had to say about it at the time:

"Peter Jackson...

Archival producers spend their days immersed in history – cultural, political, or personal, depending on the project. Yet, historically, their specialized work has often been overlooked, even though it’s key to the Ken Burns canon and other great documentaries like Man on Wire, 13th, The Fog of War, Apollo 11, How to Survive a Plague, They Shall Not Grow Old, and so many others.

The recently formed Archival Producers Alliance is helping to address this fundamental lack of understanding of what archival producers do and how they do it. And it’s also alerting the doc community to foundational challenges posed by the rapid emergence of AI.

In the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, we speak with Debra McClutchy, a member of the APA who earned an Oscar nomination for co-directing the archive-driven short film The Martha Mitchell Effect. She discusses where archival producers find the rarities...

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The Beatles’ most controversial movie is finally getting a second chance. Let It Be is now streaming on Disney+, after being officially unavailable for decades. The documentary has always had a cloud of doom and gloom hanging over it, mostly because it came out in May 1970—just as the Beatles were breaking up. Fans saw it as the Fabs’ “break-up movie,” showing a band on the verge of falling apart.

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A New Year means lots of removals from Netflix and January 1st is looking busy, with over 100 movies set to leave the service already. Below, we’ll be keeping track of all the Netflix departures for the first month of 2024.

First, a few housekeeping notes as to how Netflix removals work before we dive in. Due to licensing agreements, shows and movies added to Netflix aren’t added forever. Instead, they’re essentially rented for a fixed period. All the shows below have their current window on Netflix ending and will likely be bound for a rival streaming service.

We list titles slightly differently from other outlets, with our listings being the actual day of removal. If you want to watch any titles scheduled to expire on January 1st, for example, you’ll need to watch by the end of December 31st.

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The holiday season is in full-swing and if you fancy settling down onto Netflix for a new movie to watch – you should probably be prioritising these excellent nine movies that will all be departing as we head into the New Year.

For a full list of what’s leaving Netflix throughout January 2024, check our guide of removals for the month which is the most comprehensive on the net!

Captain Phillips (2013)

Leaving Netflix: January 1st

Paul Greengrass’s superb biopic about the true story of the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama continues to stir much controversy. The controversy stems from the scrutiny of Richard Phillips, portrayed by Tom Hanks, and his decisions that led to the event. Regardless of these opinions, one cannot deny that this is a fantastically made movie.

As with most Sony Pictures movies on Netflix, you’ll a premium tier...

Jackson co-founded Weta Digital, a visual effects company that revolutionized special effects in movies. Jackson's documentary They Shall Not Grow Old is a heartfelt and respectful tribute to World War 1. Jackson's team worked to make one last song from The Beatles using previous advancements in entertainment technology.

Peter Jackson's name has become synonymous with The Lord of the Rings, the trilogy he brought to life by developing movies that did justice to J.R.R Tolkien's extraordinary novels. Starting with The Fellowship of the Ring, the epics captured the extensive world Tolkien created, which included original languages and bloodlines. No stone was left unturned in the creation of Middle-Earth. Therefore, it fell to Jackson to put the same amount of care and accuracy into his projects.

However, whilst being greatly associated with The Lord of the Rings isn't something to be sniffed at, Jackson's innovative work hasn't stopped there. The...

Sir Peter Jackson, the award-winning filmmaker behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy, praises the horror film Talk to Me. Talk to Me is one of the best horror flicks Jackson has seen in years, according to his statement to the film's distributors. A24's Talk to Me has been a successful outing, and a sequel, Talk 2 Me, has already been announced.

We can add Sir Peter Jackson to the growing list of Talk to Me fans. The three time Academy-Award winning filmmaker, best known for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy, had high praise for the A24 horror outing. In a statement to Ahi, one of the film's distributors, acquired by Newshub, Jackson said Talk to Me was "relentlessly scary and disturbing - in the best possible way." What's more, Jackson said that supernatural film was one of the best horror...

Peter Jackson – chances are that, when you hear his name, your mind conjures images of grandiose fantasy worlds, incredible documentaries, and an unparalleled level of detail when it comes to set and costume designs. He directed the legendary Lord of the Rings trilogy, after all. But before They Shall Not Grow Old, before The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, even before King Kong of all things, Jackson made his mark on the genre you'd least expect: horror.

Combining incredible amounts of slapstick with endlessly grotesque practical effects, Jackson made his filmmaking debut with a handful of horror comedy films. Some horror fans may already be familiar with Braindead, his hilariously horrifying zombie film with karate-kicking priests and an ocean's worth of fake blood. Or, maybe you've heard of Meet the Feebles, Jackson's crudely-twisted take on The Muppets. But, it would be Jackson's first film, Bad Taste, that cemented this...

Tales of triumph and tribulation on the field of battle have fascinated humanity since the dawn of storytelling regardless of the medium, and the best military movies include some of the greatest films of all time. Since the earliest days of motion pictures, audiences have been interested in exploring the world of the brave soldiers who serve as well as the unspeakable horrors faced in war. As a result, there have been more movies that look at the military than can even be counted. Obviously, there are some that are easily forgettable or simply bad films, but the best military movies are iconic and impactful.

These best war movies tackle various conflicts and periods of history, differing perspectives of the same battles or wars, and even have varying tones in how they approach these subjects. Some are action-filled and lighthearted, whereas some war movies are harrowing. The genre of military...

Based on the novel by Alice Sebold, Peter Jackson's 2009 film "The Lovely Bones" is the least-acclaimed film in his career. In "The Lovely Bones," Saoirse Ronan plays a 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon who is targeted by a creepy serial killer, George, played by Stanley Tucci. In a shocking turn of events, George kills Susie early in the film. The character remains a part of the action, however, as her ghost is able to look down from Heaven to check in on her family. In the aftermath of her death, Susie's family mourns her loss but then takes to investigating Susie's murder, finding that George likely did it. Occasionally, Susie can reach down and influence things. Late in the film, she even possesses another person.

"The Lovely Bones" was ill-advised from the start. Roger Ebert gave the film one-and-a-half stars, objecting to Jackson's irresponsible handling of its messages; it...

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Peter Jackson won his first Emmys, for directing and for outstanding documentary, for The Beatles: Get Back docuseries, which debuted last year on Disney+.

“A big shout-out to the Beatles,” enthused Jackson. For best documentary, winners also included Paul McCartney, Ring Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison.

Get Back is based on material shot in early 1969 for the Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 feature film Let It Be. Both picture and sound went through a meticulous restoration process, building on techniques developed to restore World War I footage in Jackson’s 2018 documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old. Accepting the directing Emmy, Jackson recognized Lindsay-Hogg’s work.

Jackson is now halfway to Egot. He won three Oscars for writing, directing and producing The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

The full list of Creative Arts Emmys winners can be seen here.

Josh Olson shares his top 10 movies from his favorite movie year, 1992, with Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Star Wars (1977)

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)

Thief (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Manhunter (1986) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

The Last Of The Mohicans (1936)

The Player (1992) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Popeye (1980)

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Quintet (1979)

​HealtH (1980)

Come Back To the Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

Secret Honor (1984)

The Graduate (1967) – Neil Labute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Touch Of Evil (1958) – Howard Rodman’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary

Meet The Feebles (1989) – Mike Mendez’s...

Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" is a singular filmmaking achievement. Greenlit by the smallish New Line Cinema in 1999, the trilogy was initially budgeted at 180 million. But after a footage presentation at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival wowed audiences, the studio, realizing it had something special in the works, loosened the purse strings. The epic series ultimately cost 281 million, which is plenty steep, but it's a luxury you can afford when the movies go on to make 3 billion at the global box office.

And it all came so close to never happening.

Though J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels were a publishing phenomenon in the 20th century, their popularity had peaked in the 1960s and '70s. Typically, when an undertaking of this magnitude goes into production at a Hollywood studio, it's because there's been a resurgence. Instead, Jackson, who was smarting from the commercial failure of his first studio movie,...

Apple TV+ head of film marketing strategy Jp Richards has resigned from his post, sources familiar with the tech giant tell Variety.

Richards notified his team of his departure on Wednesday morning, one insider said. He joined the company in January 2021 from Warner Bros., reporting to Apple’s head of video marketing Chris Van Amburg. Richards is said by sources to be circling several new opportunities. Apple is expected to name his replacement in the coming weeks, after narrowing down finalists.

During his tenure, the studio released films including Tom Holland’s “Cherry,” the landmark best picture Oscar winner “Coda,” Tom Hanks’ sci-fi adventure “Finch,” the staged musical “Come From Away,” and the Mahershala Ali drama “Swan Song.”

Richards last served as co-president in worldwide marketing at Warner Bros. Pictures, where he was internally beloved and oversaw development, strategy and execution of film campaigns — specifically in areas like digital marketing and media,...

Warner Bros. Pictures is teaming with Fathom Events for a special theatrical event of the Daniel Roher-directed documentary, Navalny, which had its surprise screening at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary Competition section as well as the Festival Favorite Award.

The movie about Russian government opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who targeted in an assassination attempt in August 2020, was acquired by CNN Films and HBO Max in early January before Sundance. Warner Bros. will screen the film in more than 800 theaters in North America on April 11 and 12.

The screenings will be followed by a special conversation with the filmmakers, to be moderated by CNN chief international correspondent, Clarissa Ward. Ward has reported extensively from Russia and Ukraine, and specifically on matters related to Navalny, for several years.

Warner Bros. previously had success with the Fathom Events special theatrical release of the Peter Jackson directed 2018 WWI documentary,...

BBC head of factual Tom McDonald is joining National Geographic in the newly created role of executive VP, global factual and unscripted content, reporting into Courteney Monroe, president of National Geographic Content.

In the New York-based position, which he will take up in June, McDonald will work alongside Carolyn Bernstein, executive VP, scripted and feature documentaries. Reporting into McDonald will be Alan Eyres, senior VP, development and production, unscripted; Janet Vissering, senior VP, development and production, wildlife/natural history; and Michelle “Meesh” Upton, senior VP, production management.

McDonald will be responsible for leading the development and production of all global unscripted series and specials across all programming categories and formats, which feed Disney Plus and National Geographic’s linear channels. Bernstein will continue to oversee National Geographic Documentary Films.

McDonald comes with a stellar track record from the BBC, where his commissioning credits include “Blue Planet II,” “A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad,...

Time never stops flowing, but film? Film is fixed. James Jones’s documentary, Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes will still exist in years to come, divorced of the date on which it was first released. Watch this in ten years’ time, fifty years time, a hundred years time, and it will remain a very good documentary about the Chernobyl disaster. That will be its context. If that’s all it ever is, then it will still have been worth the effort. It is, and will remain, a very good documentary about the Chernobyl disaster. Four stars. Recommended.

This review could have done the same thing. A review that would still work as an honest assessment of the film if read in 2072, just as hopefully it would in 2022. I could have written about why this is such a good documentary, about its impeccable journalistic credentials, astonishing access to previously unseen sources and beautiful framing.

Long ago, in a distant and far away America, independent films could make their mark at the megaplex, and some of them could be documentaries. Remember the glory days of “Rgb” (total domestic gross: $14 million), “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” ($22.8 million), “Three Identical Strangers” ($12 million), “They Shall Not Grow Old” ($18 million), and “Apollo 11” ($9 million)?

I’m not saying that Lisa Hurwitz’s “The Automat,” had it been released in those now possibly vanquished days, could have joined the commercial company of those films (though maybe it could have). But when I caught this marvelous documentary at Film Forum in New York, the audience for it was ecstatic. It was not an audience of young people; it was the kind of older folks who, statistically speaking, haven’t been going to the movies. But they turned out for this one, and when I left at the end, a bunch of...

How much do you love The Beatles? Because your enjoyment of Get Back, Peter Jackson’s mammoth exploration of a month in the band’s life, is going to very, very much depend on your interest in the band. For some it’s going to be a revelatory experience, in which they soak in the company and creativity of John, Paul, George and Ringo in a way that is far more intimate than has ever been possible before. For others, the series will be sometimes compelling, usually at least mildly interesting, occasionally a little dull and will depend greatly on their tolerance for hearing the classic title track performed over and over and over again.

Some background – Early in 1969 the four Beatles and their entourage installed themselves into a movie studio in Twickenham with the intention of writing a back-to-basics, no frills rock album from scratch, which they would then...

It’s not quite as arduous as Hobbits venturing to Mordor to destroy Sauron’s ring, but Peter Jackson’s immersed himself for four years to bring to life the end of the long and winding road of The Beatles. The result is the seven-hour The Beatles: Get Back, which Jackson culled and restored from 60 hours of studio sessions and a rooftop concert. All of it was shot in 1969 by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for his film Let It Be at a time when Apple forbade him from including much that created understanding and context of the group’s creative process and difficulties that led to estrangement and breakup. A fan of the hits from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr since he was a pint-sized Kiwi, Jackson used the technical clean-up process that breathed life into his WWI documentary They Shall Not Grow Old to make it seem...

The endless fascination with The Beatles continues on Disney+, which is celebrating its second anniversary with a cavalcade of new content, including director Peter Jackson’s three-part examination of the Fab Four’s lasting influence as seen in its creative process.

The first clip from The Beatles: Get Back rolls out on Nov. 25. The docuseries from Lord of the Rings director Jackson was made entirely from never-before-seen, restored footage. It claims to provide the most intimate and honest glimpse into the creative process and relationship between John, Paul, George, and Ringo ever filmed.

The focus is on the band’s January 1969 recording sessions, showcasing The Beatles’ creative process as they attempt to write 14 new songs in preparation for their first live concert in over two years.

Faced with a nearly impossible deadline, the strong bonds of friendship shared by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr are put to the test.

Peter Jackson’s reinterpretation of the film footage that became the Beatles’ swan-song film “Let It Be” has had a long road, even since it was first revealed a couple of years ago — first it was an Apple feature film for 2020, then it became a six-hour docuseries on Disney+ airing this coming Thanksgiving, and that’s on top of the 50-plus years that the footage has been sitting on shelves. (He speaks about it briefly in this preview clip released from “60 Minutes” Friday morning.)

Jackson, whose prior project was “They Shall Not Grow Old,” involving meticulously restored century-old World War I footage, has spent four years applying his expertise — and what is gradually emerging is a different take on the downcast “Let It Be,” which was effectively a chronicle of the Beatles’ divorce.

While the first extensive footage that was released showed a powerfully cheerful counter-narrative to the original film — the Beatles clowning around,...

"Don't let me down!" Disney has debuted a full-length official trailer for the new The Beatles documentary called The Beatles: Get Back, arriving on Disney+ this November. It was originally supposed to open as one long film playing in theaters exclusively last year, but with delays they're skipping theaters entirely to launch digitally exclusively. And it is being split into 3 episodes as a "docuseries" instead of a film. This is director Peter Jackson's latest work (following They Shall Not Grow Old) that he has been finishing for years, restoring hours & hours of old footage. The doc film features in-studio footage that was shot in early 1969 for the 1970 film Let It Be. "Made entirely from never-before-seen, restored footage, it provides the most intimate and honest glimpse into the creative process and relationship between John, Paul, George, and Ringo ever filmed." This docu-series is compiled from nearly 60 hours of unseen footage shot over 21 days,...

(L-r): Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in The Beatles: Get Back. Photo by Linda McCartney. © 2020 Apple Corps Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Productions Ltd. announced today that Disney+ will bring “The Beatles: Get Back,” a Disney+ Original documentary series directed by Peter Jackson, to fans and music lovers worldwide over the Thanksgiving holidays.

Because of the wealth of tremendous footage Peter Jackson has reviewed, which he has spent the past three years restoring and editing, “The Beatles: Get Back” will be presented as three separate episodes. Each episode is approximately two hours in length, rolling out over three days, November 25, 26 and 27, 2021, exclusively on Disney+.

“As a huge Beatles fan myself, I am absolutely thrilled that Disney+ will be the home for this extraordinary documentary series by the legendary filmmaker Peter Jackson,” said Bob Iger, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board,...

I’m a critic, but that doesn’t mean I reflexively come at things from a negative angle. I like to accentuate the positive, to see the part of the glass that’s full. So when it was announced, on June 17, that Peter Jackson’s long-awaited, long-delayed Beatles documentary, “The Beatles: Get Back,” would no longer be a movie — that it would now be a six-hour mini-series, shown in three two-hour parts on Disney Plus over Thanksgiving weekend — I did all I could to seize on the bright side. Instead of two hours of mostly never-before-seen footage of the Beatles at work and play in two London recording studios in 1969, we were now going to get six hours. And that might be a great thing.

As a teenager in the ’70s, I used to order from an underground catalogue of bootleg rock records, and much of the stuff I bought...

Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back is now a docuseries. Three two-hour episodes will premiere November 25, 26, and 27 on Disney+. Coming out as another Thanksgiving offering, the documentary series carries a special historical weight. When The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, they broke TV viewing records, with 73 million having watched it live. To be fair, television was the main source of entertainment at the time and there were only three networks.

But “even the criminals stayed home to watch,” George Harrison remembers in the three-part Beatles Anthology series, which premiered to 27.3 million viewers when the first episode aired on ABC on November 19, 1995. The Beatles: Get Back’s opening is also being rolled out over three days. That’s because Jackson found over six hours of never-before-seen restored footage.

Jackson spent the past three years restoring and editing over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January...

Disney has opted against a theatrical release for Peter Jackson’s upcoming documentary on The Beatles, “Get Back.” The documentary will now be released as a six-hour, three-episode docuseries on Disney+ rolling out over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Each episode will be around two hours long and will premiere Nov. 25-27.

“The Beatles: Get Back” was originally set to hit theaters in September 2020, and most recently had been scheduled for an August 27 release.

The series includes never-before-seen footage from The Beatles’ recording sessions during their 1970 album “Let It Be,” including the iconic rooftop concert on London’s Savile Row, which marked their final live performance as a group. In all, the doc features footage from more than 60 hours of film (shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio.

“In many respects, Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s remarkable footage captured multiple storylines,” Jackson said. “The story of friends and of individuals.

The Beatles: Get Back, director Peter Jackson’s long-in-the-works restoration and recutting of footage culled from the band’s Let It Be sessions, is set to arrive as a three-part Disney+ docuseries this Thanksgiving.

Rolling out in three two-hour installments on November 25th, 26th, and 27th, The Beatles: Get Back utilizes over 60 hours of unseen film footage from January 1969 — shot by director Michael Lindsay-Hogg for the original Let It Be film — and 150 hours of unheard audio, as well as — for the first time ever — the Beatles’ complete rooftop concert...

The Beatles’ forthcoming film “Get Back” — a Peter Jackson-directed documentary culled from the footage from the 1970 “Let It Be” film — will premiere as a Disney Plus original documentary series over the Thanksgiving holidays.

Because of the wealth of tremendous footage Jackson has reviewed, which he has spent the past three years restoring and editing, “The Beatles: Get Back” will be presented as three separate episodes. Each episode is approximately two hours in length, rolling out over three days, November 25, 26 and 27, 2021, exclusively on Disney Plus.

The film, snippets of which were previewed during a Universal Music Group presentation last year as well as a “montage” debuted online, is culled from more than 50 hours of footage taped in January of 1969 as the Beatles worked on material that ultimately became the “Let It Be” album and feature-length film. Based on the previewed footage, “Get Back” will present a counter-narrative to “Let It Be,...

Documentary filmmaking is a form of storytelling that is easily overlooked. With many readily available documentaries presenting a front-and-center depiction of their subjects, documentaries can sometimes be thought of as purely educational and thus not as artistic as fiction films.

Related: The 10 Best Documentaries on Netflix Featuring Strong, Empowered Women

However, recent documentaries such as Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old and Oscar-winner My Octopus Teacher have proven that documentaries can be more powerful than fiction films. Through either presenting an unbiased and intimate look at a subject or through documenting various real-world issues, documentaries can reach emotional and artistic depths that many fiction films can't.

The Visual Effects Society has named Oscar-winning director-producer-screenwriter Peter Jackson as the forthcoming recipient of the Ves Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 19th Annual Ves Awards, streaming worldwide on April 6 or 7 (depending on time zone) and hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt.

The Ves Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed by the Ves Board of Directors, recognizes an outstanding body of work that has significantly contributed to the art and/or science of the visual effects industry. Ves will honor Jackson for “his consummate artistry, expansive storytelling and profound gift for blending iconic imagery and unforgettable narrative on an epic scale.” Indeed, Jackson made history with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously.

Ves also cited “Jackson’s ability to harness craft to bring his unique visions to life and...

Previous winners include Ridley Scott, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Jon Favreau.

Peter Jackson will receive the Visual Effects Society’s lifetime achievement award at the 19th Annual Ves Awards on April 6.

The Ves Lifetime Achievement Award recognises “an outstanding body of work that has significantly contributed to the art and/or science of the visual effects industry”.

Calling Jackson “one of the most innovative filmmakers of our generation”, Ves board chair Lisa Cooke added: “Peter pushes the known boundaries of filmmaking and his vision and contributions to the art are legendary.”

Jackson added, “If I was ever going to be...

Former Warner Bros. Pictures executive Jp Richards has taken the top film marketing job at Apple TV Plus.

Richards, a longtime marketer under Blair Rich — who also departed the studio as the result of a WarnerMedia restructure this year — will report to Apple head of video marketing Chris Van Amburg. He will take his new, presumably well-designed desk at Apple next month. The tech giant’s studios division is headed by Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht.

Richards last served as co-president in worldwide marketing, where he oversaw development, strategy and execution of Warner Bros. Pictures’ worldwide campaigns — specifically in areas like digital marketing and media, promotional partnerships, and alliances, multi-cultural marketing and branded content.

He worked on titles including “Wonder Woman,” “Aquaman,” “Joker,” “A Star Is Born,” “It Chapter 1 and 2,” “They Shall Not Grow Old,” “The Lego Movies,” “The Conjuring Series,” “Creed” and “Creed 2.”

Prior to WarnerMedia, Richards spent 12 years at Universal Pictures,...

Exclusive: JP Richards has been appointed head of film marketing strategy at Apple TV+. He will report to video marketing chief Chris Van Amburg. Richards will start the job next month, when his exit from Warner Bros is official. Last November, he left his position as Co-President of Worldwide Marketing at Warner Bros, one of several well regarded marketing executives who exited in the WarnerMedia restructure. Marketing head Blair Rich and EVP Marketing Animation and Family Films Jim Gallagher also exited. Josh Goldstine, who was consulting on the slate of Warner Bros films that will simultaneously launch on HBO Max, has named to head the department earlier this month.

Richards will help spearhead the growing ambitions of Apple’s original film slates. Richards spent six years at Warner Bros, starting as EVP of WW Digital Marketing, and then elevated to EVP of WW Marketing and Chief Digital Strategist. He was...

The music documentary resurgence is alive and well and set to continue into 2021 with an insatiable appetite for weird and wild movies about bands and artists. The release over recent years of films such as Amy and Searching For Sugar Man kicked off a trend that has been amplified by interest from the streaming services.

This year, there have been fantastic rock docs including Laurel Canyon, The Beastie Boys Story, The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, The Go-Go’s, Creem: America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine, The Changin’ Times of Ike White, Coachella: 20 Years In the Desert, The Bee Gees: How You Can Mend a Broken Heart, Blind Melon’s All I Can Say, Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, Song Exploder, Other Music and Zappa.

While there has been the regular churning of promotional films masquerading as documentaries, there have been more well researched deep dives into artists than ever before.

In the 50 years since the Beatles split, seemingly every known scrap of their history has been scrutinized and curated for public consumption — every minute of studio tape, every radio broadcast, home and concert recording; every photo and interview and document and snippet of film footage — with one huge exception: the “Let It Be” film.

There are several reasons for this, but only one matters: “Let It Be” is a downer. We see our beloved Beatles breaking up before our eyes.

Originally intended as a spontaneous, “as live as live can be, in this electronic age” documentary of rock as it happens, instead we see the group, who had finished recording the 30-song “White Album” just six weeks earlier, miserably trying to have a jolly ol’ time working up even more tunes for the cameras — in the morning, in a dark and cavernous film studio, during a typically gloomy English winter.

(L-r): Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in The Beatles: Get Back. Photo by Linda McCartney. © 2020 Apple Corps Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson has released an exclusive sneak peek of his upcoming documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” for fans everywhere to enjoy. The 5-minute special look is available to fans worldwide on TheBeatles.com and streaming on Disney+.

Jackson said, “We wanted to give the fans of The Beatles all over the world a holiday treat, so we put together this five-minute sneak peek at our upcoming theatrical film ‘The Beatles: Get Back.’ We hope it will bring a smile to everyone’s faces and some much-needed joy at this difficult time.”

“The Beatles: Get Back” will open in US theaters on August 27, 2021.

Peter Jackson, director of The Beatles: Get Back. ©Apple Corps Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back...

During their time together, and the years apart, The Beatles consistently wrapped up their holiday sessions with gifts for avid and casual listeners alike. The band even worked out timing with the Rolling Stones’ releases so they didn’t step on each others’ shoes. This year, a year which really needs it, we’re getting two year-end gifts. Paul McCartney dropped his true-solo album McCartney III, following in the tradition of the first two albums by playing every instrument.

But the group left it to Peter Jackson to bring an ornament: the sneak peek at his upcoming documentary, The Beatles: Get Back. It’s as happy and silly as any of the annual Beatles’ Christmas greetings the band released when they were together.

Peter Jackson has released an exclusive sneak peek of his upcoming documentary “@TheBeatles: Get Back” for fans everywhere to enjoy.

The Beatles: Get Back Opens in Theatres August 27, 2021 #TheBeatlesGetBack pic.

Following the release of The Hobbit trilogy, Peter Jackson took a step back from directing big-budget fantasy blockbusters, but his projects since then have been no less ambitious. In 2018, Jackson released They Shall Not Grow Old, a World War I documentary that restored and colourized footage that was over a century old. The result was something absolutely immersive and profoundly fascinating. Jackson's next project will continue in the documentary realm and cover a group near and dear…...

Peter Jackson gave Beatles fans an early Christmas present on Monday when he shared some pretty nifty footage of the famed U.K. band for his upcoming documentary.

The long-awaited film was supposed to have debuted by now, but was pushed back to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now set to open in U.K. theaters August 27, 2021

In the five-minute video, which you can see above, bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon mostly goof off in the studio while recording “Get Back,” one of their many hit singles and also the documentary’s namesake.

“We wanted to give the fans of The Beatles all over the world a holiday treat, so we put together this five-minute sneak peek at our upcoming theatrical film ‘The Beatles: Get Back.’ We hope it will bring a smile to everyone’s faces and some much-needed joy at this difficult time,...

"Get back to where you once belonged." Disney has unveiled a special "sneak peek" teaser trailer preview for the new documentary about The Beatles called The Beatles: Get Back, due out in theaters in August 2021. This is New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson's latest documentary (following They Shall Not Grow Old) that he has been working on for years, restoring hours & hours of old footage. It was delayed from release this year until August of next year thanks to the pandemic. "From one Beatles fan to another: Step inside Peter Jackson's edit bay to get an exclusive look at never-before-seen footage from his documentary feature, The Beatles: Get Back." The doc film features in-studio footage that was shot in early 1969 for the 1970 feature film Let It Be. Jackson said, "We wanted to give the fans of The Beatles all over the world a holiday treat, so we put together this five-minute sneak peek.

Here’s a holiday treat. Although it won’t arrive until next August, Peter Jackson has given us a first look at his next directorial feature, The Beatles: Get Back, well-timed with the arrival of Paul McCartney’s new album. Shot in January 1969 and compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage (filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been restored, the first sneak peek features over five minutes of footage.

Featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr during recording sessions as they plan their first live show in more than two years, it charts the writing and rehearsing of 14 new songs, originally intended for release on an accompanying live album.

The film also features––for the first time in its entirety––The Beatles’ last live performance as a group, the rooftop concert on London’s Savile Row as well...

Ever since wrapping up “The Hobbit” trilogy in 2014, director Peter Jackson has turned his attention towards ambitious restoration documentaries. The filmmaker released his colorized World War I documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” in 2018 to considerable acclaim, and now Jackson is back at work editing his next non-fiction piece “The Beatles: Get Back.” The music documentary is chock full of newly restored footage of The Beatles that’s never before been seen by the public.

“This film was due to be finished around about now, but like the rest of the world, has been affected by the Covid pandemic,” Jackson said from his editing room in a new first look video at the project. “And so the only good thing really is that we are in the movie in New Zealand and now that our country has largely stamped out the virus, we were ale to come back into the...

Director Peter Jackson has released an exclusive sneak peek of his upcoming documentary The Beatles: Get Back for fans everywhere to enjoy. The 5-minute special look is available to fans worldwide on TheBeatles.com and streaming on Disney+.

Acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back is a unique cinematic experience that takes audiences back in time to The Beatles' intimate recording sessions during a pivotal moment in music history. The film showcases the warmth, camaraderie and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome. Shot in January 1969 and compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage (filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been brilliantly restored, The Beatles: Get Back is the story of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as they plan their first live show in over two years and charts the writing and rehearsing of 14 new songs,...

JP Richards will leave his post as Co-President of Worldwide Marketing at Warner Bros, another casualty of the restructure of WarnerMedia. Richards is a six year veteran at the studio. He began there as EVP of WW Digital Marketing, and then was elevated to EVP of WW Marketing and Chief Digital Strategist. He came to Warner Bros after 12 years at Universal, and held the title SVP of Digital Marketing when he left.

Among the movies he worked most closely on are Joker, Crazy Rich Asians, Aquaman, They Shall Not Grow Old, Mad Max: Fury Road and A Star Is Born. The news came down Tuesday when Jason Kilar unveiled the cuts in the restructure. Richard is well regarded and will stay at the studio until February.

This closely follows the exit of Jim Gallagher, who will leave his post as EVP Marketing Animation and Family Films.

In a year packed with superb documentaries, the Critics Choice Association Documentary Awards nominations, which honor the best non-fiction achievements of 2020, will help other awards groups to winnow down the list of must-sees. “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” (Netflix), “Gunda” (Neon), and “Mr. Soul!” lead this year’s nominations with five each. Netflix leads the field with 31 nominations, followed by Neon with 14 and Magnolia Pictures with nine.

“The Documentary Branch faced its greatest task yet considering the quantity and quality of nonfiction cinema released this year,” said Christopher Campbell, President of the Critics Choice Association Documentary Branch, in an official statement. “Ultimately, these nominees represent the best of the best of a remarkably fruitful moment for documentary filmmaking.”

Winners will be announced on November 16, 2020.

The Sundance debut “Crip Camp” is nominated for Best Documentary Feature, and also earned nods for James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham for Best Director, along with Best Editing,...

In a year packed with superb documentaries, the Critics Choice Association Documentary Awards nominations, which honor the best non-fiction achievements of 2020, will help other awards groups to winnow down the list of must-sees. “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” (Netflix), “Gunda” (Neon), and “Mr. Soul!” lead this year’s nominations with five each. Netflix leads the field with 31 nominations, followed by Neon with 14 and Magnolia Pictures with nine.

“The Documentary Branch faced its greatest task yet considering the quantity and quality of nonfiction cinema released this year,” said Christopher Campbell, President of the Critics Choice Association Documentary Branch, in an official statement. “Ultimately, these nominees represent the best of the best of a remarkably fruitful moment for documentary filmmaking.”

Winners will be announced on November 16, 2020.

The Sundance debut “Crip Camp” is nominated for Best Documentary Feature, and also earned nods for James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham for Best Director, along with Best Editing,...