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4 days ago · The success of Heavenly Creatures helped pave the way for Jackson's first big budget Hollywood film, The Frighteners starring Michael J. Fox, in 1996. Jackson was given permission to make this comedy / horror film entirely in New Zealand despite being set in a North American town.
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- Peter Robert Jackson, 31 October 1961 (age 61), Wellington, New Zealand
- 1976–present
- Fran Walsh (1987–present)
8 hours ago · In additions, there were questions about how capable a director Jackson was at the time as he was coming off 1996's The Frighteners and he only had a handful of other credits to his name such as ...
17 hours ago · Though today he's arguably best known for his monumental "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, New Zealand director Peter Jackson began making a name for himself with a wide variety of films, including the ultra-gory 1992 horror comedy "Brain Dead," as well as 1996's ghost film "The Frighteners," starring Michael J. Fox.
4 days ago · Answer: The Frighteners Five years after surviving a car accident in which his wife was killed, Frank Bannister (Michael J.Fox) makes a living "exorcising" spirits, who are played by his ghostly cohorts.
3 days ago · The Frighteners 1996 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 Stars. Blending humor and horror, director Peter Jackson's outlandish tale centers on shady psychic detective Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox), who uses his ability to communicate with the dead to boost his business.
1 day ago · He also appeared in movies such as The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991), and The Frighteners (1996), and the sitcom Spin City.
TheCosmicFailure. •• Edited. The short answer. New Line Cinema really liked what they saw in Peter Jackson's plan for the LOTR trilogy. They also thought his previous work showed promise. So they just took a chance. When other studios refused to do 3 films but instead wanted PJ to reduce it to 2 films. Reply reply.
