Oscar-winning Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit director Peter Jackson received a star on Monday (8th Dec) on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, joined by key cast members from his blockbuster J R R Tolkien films. Actors Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Andy Serkis (Gollum), Richard Armitage, (Thorin Oakenshield), Lee Pace (Thranduil), and Evangeline Lilly (Tauriel) were on hand to help honour the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
“Welcome to Middle Earth. Otherwise known as Hollywood, California,” said Los Angeles city councillor Mitch O’Farrell at the ceremony, attended by hundreds of screaming fans on Hollywood Boulevard.
“You really are one of the greatest filmmakers on the planet,” Serkis told the 53-year-old New Zealand-born director in a short speech before he received his star. He was honoured 9 days before the US release of the final movie in the Hobbit trilogy – “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies“. A red-carpet premiere is to be held in Hollywood on Tuesday.
Jackson’s star is on the sidewalk directly outside the Dolby Theatre, the venue for the Academy Awards at the climax of Tinseltown’s annual awards season, which is just getting into gear. See more pictures from the event in the gallery below:
Jackson won best director Oscar and shared best adapted screenplay in 2004 for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, after securing 2 Oscar nominations in 2002 for “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”. The director, who also helmed the 2005 remake of the classic “King Kong”, had also been nominated for best original screenplay in 1995 for “Heavenly Creatures”.
Meanwhile, “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” is slated to open in Malaysian cinemas on 18th Dec. Ready or not, the time has almost come to say goodbye to the “The Hobbit” trilogy:
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Source: AFP.
