PETER JACKSON RUNS WITH WOLVES

New Zealand is part of Asia, too. Peter Jackson's WETA Digital is getting on board to possibly do the effects and co-produce THE WOLF TOTEM with Beijing Forbidden City Film, according to Monkey Peaches. The movie is based on a book about wolves living on the Mongolian Prairie, and there are no humans, post-human Scientologists, or advanced Kabbalists in the cast. Apparently, Peter Jackson likes this idea and may come on board, not only to produce but also to raise special acting wolves in New Zealand.

Also, WETA is doing the effects for THE HOST, a Korean horror movie from Bong Jun-Ho, the director of MEMORIES OF MURDER and BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE. You can see the monster in this shot (click on it for a bigger version) and already all the agents are burning up their phone lines trying to get their A-list clients to play it in the inevitable US remake. My money's on Ewan McGregor who supposedly has the biggest tentacle of them all.

(Thanks to Twitch)