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Geekstorians: Middle-Earth, Inc. | How Peter Jackson Built The Impossible & What The Machine Did Next
This week on Geekstorians, we travel to Middle-earth, not as tourists, but as slightly suspicious historians with a map, a torch, and some concerns about licensing agreements.
In 1998, Peter Jackson walked into New Line Cinema with a fantasy epic most of Hollywood considered impossible. What followed became one of cinema’s great gambles: three films, shot back-to-back, built in New Zealand by artists, craftspeople, performers, technicians, and people who apparently did not believe sleep was legally required.
But this episode is not just about how The Lord of the Rings became a miracle.
It’s…
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