Peter Jackson interested in directing Doctor Who?
September 19th, 2012
Warning! This article and its comments may contain spoilers...
Peter Jackson has expressed interest in directing for Doctor Who after Matt Smith revealed he is keen to film an episode in New Zealand.
The Eleventh Doctor actor told the Waikato Times: “Hey, I would love to make one in New Zealand, and let’s get Peter Jackson to direct. I’ll campaign endlessly to film there.”
And the director – who helmed the Lord of the Rings trilogy – has since responded to Matt’s comments.
“I am a huge Doctor Who fan,” he said. “Just name a time and place and I will be there!”
Peter’s not the only movie director to have been connected to the series. Edgar Wright has tweeted his love for the Doctor, while David Yates is attached to the proposed film.
That would be AWESOME!
Lol how about a LORD crossover? Cue the tardis materializing in the shire! Oh the possibilities. Seriously tho, it would be quite interesting.
Damn predictive text. Meant LOTR crossover ha
That would be very sweet! However, they couldn’t possibly afford him, and he might not be in a position to drop his fee. It depends. Then again, some quite famous actors have dropped their fees to do a turn on Doctor Who, so why not?
And my lord, but New Zealand would be a fantastic place to film! It’s positively gorgeous there.
Firstly, he’d have to want to do it.
Second, his fee would be astronomical.
Third, I don’t like the idea of filming the whole thing in New Zealand, it may have worked for Lord of The Rings (I’ve never watched it, can’t stand it) but not for Doctor Who for me.
Fourth, and he may have done with the Lord of The Rings books, but he’d have to stay very true to the TV series or it’d just feel like another Hollywood corruption.
At the end of the day, Matt Smith says he wants to work with next to everybody. It’s a suggestion but not a particularly realistic one or that desirable for me personally.
I must say I didn’t think they’d ever have a guest star such as ben browder on. Anyone one know of any other surprise guest. Spoil it for me I don’t care but please put spoiler alert for others who might not feel the same
This needs to happen. I reckon he could do a good swing at it. The LOTR movies are actually quite a lot like feature length Doctor Who films already in terms of tone: epicness that you can take seriously, mixed with a British sense of humour. Also, just out of prudence it’d be interesting if he did a Seventh Doctor crossover story, just because he’s working with Sylvester McCoy in New Zealand right now (who is playing Radagast in the Hobbit).
@JC
To be honest, New Zealand’s quite a good location for wild, fantastical land such as the Shire and Narnia so if the Land of Fiction were to make an appearance… who knows?