The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

...could be Clooney's best performance yet. (December)</p><p>"The Lovely Bones": Director Peter Jackson follows up the huge canvases of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "King Kong" with the equivalent of an intimate portrait - an adaptation...

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...stars Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. And "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson tackles Alice Sebold's novel "The Lovely Bones," about a murdered girl who isn't exactly dead. "Peter Jackson is really good with special...

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...uncaught killer. Size of ambitions: Considerable since the director is Peter Jackson but his adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestseller will likely be far closer in tone to his pre-Lord of the Rings drama Heavenly Creatures. Avatar Who's in...

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...world can be." Boyens, along with Fran Walsh and director Peter Jackson, is part of the Oscar-winning troika that wrote Jackson's epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and now the three return, with Jackson directing, to bring to the big...

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...Woodstock" and Stephen Frears' "Cheri." The Oscar winning "Lord of the Rings" scripters Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens adapted Alice Sebold's best-selling novel, "The Lovely Bones." Jackson -- who also won Oscars for...

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Finally, a few answers: The trailer for the film has been released, and luckily, the half-dreamy, half-terrifying snippet-complete with Stanley Tucci in full-on creepy neighbor role-looks as if it will do justice to the much-loved book.

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...played by John Simm. Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson directs the adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones, about a murdered girl who watches the effects of her death on her family and friends. Feel that bloodlust...

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...based on Alice Sebold's novel. The three "Lord of the Rings" films rank among the 25 most lucrative films of all time, made more financially successful by the risky strategy of shooting all three together. The production budget for the...

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