Presenting Sir Peter Jackson

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It was announced yesterday that Peter Jackson, acclaimed director of The Lord Of The Rings, will be receiving the honor of knighthood in the new year.

Peter called the news an "incredible moment" and explained, "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but I was wrong."

Congrats Peter!

[Image via WENN.]

Posted: Dec 31, 2009 at 4:20 pm / Email this »

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ms. depp says – reply to this

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YAYYYYYY!! Congrats Peter!!
laurencroft says – reply to this

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I already knew this. (: However, that's because a friend of mine in New Zealand is related to him.
shenanyginz says – reply to this

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cool.
ap076 says – reply to this

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Congrats Peter, well deserved.
He looks so much more healthy with respect to his WEIGHT these days does anybody know how he did it?
Scissorhandz says – reply to this

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holy cow he's lost weight
lulu1975 says – reply to this

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Didn't he used to be fat?
zach swan says – reply to this

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Wow. Sir Peter is barely recognizable. He's half the man he used to be. Good on him.
monday_moonlight says – reply to this

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good on ya!!
Paris France says – reply to this

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He has lost a ton of weight. Oh, he looks good. Well deserved too. I have all 3 on DVD.
wtfKeyWest says – reply to this

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Holy crap he lost weight, quite the hottie now.
ladynTO says – reply to this

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wow he cleans up good … has lost a lot of weight and is very handsome
Sexsai says – reply to this

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He deserves it. his work is beyond genius, beyond anything. The best best.
Naomid says – reply to this

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A Knighthood?? For what? Butchering a classic book? For proving that one of my favorite books could be transformed into the most boring POS 6 hour movie on the face of this earth?
kellibelli says – reply to this

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This is old news in New Zealand but thanks for the post!
kiwijes says – reply to this

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He's a legend. He lost the weight by stopping the takeaways and instead eating a lot of cereal with low fat milk.

He's done a huge amount for NZ with all his film work, bringing in a lot of outside industry (ie. Avatar was filmed at his studios with Weta Workshop). So it's very well deserved.
seanetic says – reply to this

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OMGOSH he looks great congrats Peter!
missbunny says – reply to this

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Yeeessssssssssss!!!! you go Peter whoop whoop!!!!
ap076 says – reply to this

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Re: Naomid – The films combined clock in at considerably more than 6 hours. I think you are in the minority opinion on this matter. Sure many fans of the book were disappointed in parts being left out (Tom Bombadil, The Scouring of The Shire), but overall a great, historic job was done. ROTK is the number two most successful film worldwide behind Titanic, the three films made approx. 3 billion worldwide and won 17 Academy Awards. Certainly it was not such a traumatic experience for you to se these films.
AngelinDisguise says – reply to this

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whoa! He deffinately looks different.
But congrats! Thats awesome!

In my opinion he is one of the BEST directors/producers ever. He TOTALLY deserves it.
shotthen says – reply to this

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wow Naomid. your a homo. PJ is the man! hes done so much for the nz film industry. he lost weight by living on crackers apparently? and workin long hours so he never ate. good on you my man pj!