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JamesG · 05-01-2009, 08:01 PM

Peter Jackson to Direct Nazi Zombie Time Travel Movie?
Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 11:48 am
by: Brendon Connelly

Here’s a story I wasn’t expecting to hear today. Even more, I wasn’t expecting to hear it from Stephen Fry.

A popular British radio show with film buffs (and some UK readers of this site, I’ve noticed from the comments) is Simon Mayo’s afternoon slot on BBC Five Live. On a Friday, he features movie reviews and often guests, and today one such guest was none other than the aforementioned Fry. When the conversation came around to the Peter Jackson/Christian Rivers Dambusters remake for which Fry has written the screenplay, he couldn’t reveal much news at all - it sounds like the picture is just in some kind of holding pattern - but he did have some brilliant incidental information about Jackson.

Apparently, there’s a currently standing, fully constructed set of Jerusalem in New Zealand. It was built by “some strange billionaire” for a now aborted religious movie with a supposed Mel Gibson influence. Now the set lies dormant, several New Zealand film makers have been coming up with potential uses. Here’s Fry on one of them:

Fran [Walsh], who is PJ’s wife and writes with him, they’ve come up with this idea called "The Christ Must Die" in which Nazi zombies go back in time to stop Jesus from being born.

From Fry’s telling, it sounded this is a serious idea on Jackson and Walsh’s part, a film that they will go on to write and produce. Jackson has been promising a return to his splattery roots for a long time now. Or… on the other hand, it might have been a joke that Fry quoted out of context.

Jackson and Walsh would certainly have a long way to go to make something that would outrage, shock and surprise as much as Bad Taste and Brain Dead/Dead Alive did. But combining Christianity with zombies and Nazis would probably get him off to a running start.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/01/...-travel-movie/

JamesG · 07-24-2009, 06:28 PM

SDCC '09: Peter Jackson Debunks Nazi-Zombie Project
Friday, July 24, 2009
By: MrDisgusting

Last night we attended a special event for various press to have an intimate evening with Peter Jackson, who was there to promote District 9.

Bloody-Disgusting (in a room full of press) asked what the deal was with the Nazi-zombie movie that was rumored on the web a few months ago.

Before I could even finish he said it was not true, the group of press moaned in disappointment, and then he quickly changed the subject.

So much for that long-planned return to zombie land we've heard so much about. Maybe his love for doing these small short indie features will progress into producing or directing a new horror film in the future?

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16864

05-01-2009, 08:01 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,140	Peter Jackson Going Back To Zombies In "The Christ Must Die"? He Says "No" Peter Jackson to Direct Nazi Zombie Time Travel Movie? Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 11:48 am by: Brendon Connelly Here’s a story I wasn’t expecting to hear today. Even more, I wasn’t expecting to hear it from Stephen Fry. A popular British radio show with film buffs (and some UK readers of this site, I’ve noticed from the comments) is Simon Mayo’s afternoon slot on BBC Five Live. On a Friday, he features movie reviews and often guests, and today one such guest was none other than the aforementioned Fry. When the conversation came around to the Peter Jackson/Christian Rivers Dambusters remake for which Fry has written the screenplay, he couldn’t reveal much news at all - it sounds like the picture is just in some kind of holding pattern - but he did have some brilliant incidental information about Jackson. Apparently, there’s a currently standing, fully constructed set of Jerusalem in New Zealand. It was built by “some strange billionaire” for a now aborted religious movie with a supposed Mel Gibson influence. Now the set lies dormant, several New Zealand film makers have been coming up with potential uses. Here’s Fry on one of them: Fran [Walsh], who is PJ’s wife and writes with him, they’ve come up with this idea called "The Christ Must Die" in which Nazi zombies go back in time to stop Jesus from being born. From Fry’s telling, it sounded this is a serious idea on Jackson and Walsh’s part, a film that they will go on to write and produce. Jackson has been promising a return to his splattery roots for a long time now. Or… on the other hand, it might have been a joke that Fry quoted out of context. Jackson and Walsh would certainly have a long way to go to make something that would outrage, shock and surprise as much as Bad Taste and Brain Dead/Dead Alive did. But combining Christianity with zombies and Nazis would probably get him off to a running start. http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/01/...-travel-movie/
	Last edited by JamesG; 07-24-2009 at 06:27 PM.

07-24-2009, 06:28 PM	#2
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,140	SDCC '09: Peter Jackson Debunks Nazi-Zombie Project Friday, July 24, 2009 By: MrDisgusting Last night we attended a special event for various press to have an intimate evening with Peter Jackson, who was there to promote District 9. Bloody-Disgusting (in a room full of press) asked what the deal was with the Nazi-zombie movie that was rumored on the web a few months ago. Before I could even finish he said it was not true, the group of press moaned in disappointment, and then he quickly changed the subject. So much for that long-planned return to zombie land we've heard so much about. Maybe his love for doing these small short indie features will progress into producing or directing a new horror film in the future? http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16864