Geekstorians: Middle-Earth, Inc. | How Peter Jackson Built The Impossible & What The Machine Did Next

This week on Geekstorians , we travel to Middle-earth, not as tourists, but as slightly suspicious historians with a map, a torch, and some concerns about licensing agreements. In 1998, Peter Jackson walked into New Line Cinema with a fantasy epic most of Hollywood considered impossible. What followed became one of cinema’s great gambles: three films, shot back-to-back, built in New Zealand by…