{"id":180399,"date":"2025-07-13T01:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/peter-jackson-responds-to-claims-hes-retired-amid-11-year-hiatus-from-filmmaking\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T01:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:01:57","slug":"peter-jackson-responds-to-claims-hes-retired-amid-11-year-hiatus-from-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/peter-jackson-responds-to-claims-hes-retired-amid-11-year-hiatus-from-filmmaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Jackson Responds to Claims He\u2019s Retired Amid 11-Year Hiatus from Filmmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/peter-jackson\/\" title=\"Peter Jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Peter Jackson<\/strong><\/a> is responding to the claims that he\u2019s done with filmmaking. <\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lord-of-the-rings\/\" title=\"Lord Of The Rings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Lord of the Rings<\/em><\/strong><\/a> director directed his last narrative film in 2014 with the release of <em>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies<\/em>. Since then, he\u2019s shifted his focus to producing and directing documentaries. <\/p>\n<p>Now, <strong>Peter<\/strong> is answering whether or not he\u2019s retiring from directing movies. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2125457\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Peter<\/strong>, he\u2019s not ready to call himself retired from the world of filmmaking just yet. He spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/peter-jackson-movie-future-update-director\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/screenrant.com\/peter-jackson-movie-future-update-director\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ScreenRant<\/em><\/a> about the future of his film career. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no. I\u2019m certainly not retired. We are currently working on three different screenplays. I\u2019m at the moment writing three different scripts,\u201d <strong>Peter<\/strong> told the publication. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter<\/strong> said that he\u2019s currently enjoying making documentaries, but it\u2019s not the only thing he\u2019s been doing in his filmmaking hiatus. <\/p>\n<p>He shared during the interview that currently, his main priority is Colossal, the biosciences company he\u2019s invested in. The company is in the process of trying to bring back an extinct New Zealand bird called the giant moa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, de-extincting the moa would be just as exciting, if not more exciting, than any film I could possibly make. I\u2019ve made a lot of movies, but to see the giant moa brought back would be a level of excitement that I think would supersede anything at this point in time,\u201d <strong>Peter<\/strong> revealed. <\/p>\n<p>If you missed it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/elijah-wood\/\" title=\"Elijah Wood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elijah Wood<\/strong><\/a> recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/04\/03\/elijah-wood-addresses-his-lord-of-the-rings-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed how much money he\u2019s made from the <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> franchise<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/07\/12\/peter-jackson-responds-to-claims-hes-retired-amid-11-year-hiatus-from-filmmaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Jackson is responding to the claims that he\u2019s done with filmmaking. The 63-year-old Lord of the Rings director directed his last narrative film in 2014 with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Since then, he\u2019s shifted his focus to producing and directing documentaries. 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