Overview

• Jackson says he’s “certainly not retired” and is actively writing three new screenplays for forthcoming projects.
• He is producing The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, directed by Andy Serkis, with a December 17, 2027 release date.
• Negotiations are underway for Viggo Mortensen to reprise Aragorn in the upcoming Gollum spinoff.
• Jackson and partner Fran Walsh have invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences to engineer a living bird resembling New Zealand’s extinct giant moa.
• The move reflects Jackson’s decade-long shift from narrative features to a diverse slate that includes documentaries, spinoff films and ambitious bioscience ventures.