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Philippa Boyens, MNZM, is a New Zealand screenwriter and producer who co-wrote the screenplay for Peter Jackson's films The Lord of the Rings series, King Kong, The Lovely Bones, and the three-part film The Hobbit, all with Jackson and Fran Walsh.
She, Jackson and Walsh won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. She was also co-producer in every one of Jackson's films since King Kong, and in District 9. Prior to screenwriting, Boyens worked in theater as a playwright, teacher, producer and editor. She also spent time as director of the New Zealand Writers Guild.
Boyens was a part-time student at the University of Auckland, graduating with a BA in English and History in 1994. She received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the university in 2006.
She has three children, daughter Phoebe Gittins and son Calum Gittins (both with actor Paul Gittins), and a second son, Isaac Miller. Phoebe appeared as a Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, one of George Harvey's victims in The Lovely Bones, and a wench in the Prancing Pony in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Calum appeared as Haleth in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.; and Isaac appeared as a young Hobbit in a flashback of the Old Took's party in the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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The red carpet for THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG as experienced by TheOneRing.net staffers Fili and Kili, Kellie and Alex, also known as The Happy Hobbits! They have interviews with Martin Freeman, Luke Evans, Evangeline Lilly, Joe Letteri, William Kircher, Philippa Boyens, Benedict Cumberbatch and more.
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Peter Jackson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett and Philippa Boyens press conference for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The interview took place at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con. - Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/ShowbizJunkies - Check out http://www.showbizjunkies.com - Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/becmur - Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ShowbizJunkies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 high fantasy action film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. It is the third and final installment in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, following An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and together they act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It was produced by New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, The Battle of the Five Armies was released on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand, 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom and on 17 December 2014 in the United States. It stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richar...
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies roundtable interview in Toronto with Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and Lee Pace. "To me it has significance because it is the moment in time where a six film series finally comes into focus," said Jackson. "The first two Hobbit movies are the first two acts of an eight hour story, so this is the climax of the eight hour story but it is also is the film that is the missing piece that carries on into Fellowship of the Ring. To me, until this movie actually existed there were these parts that were floating out there that can now be together."
Directed by: Peter Jackson Produced by: Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson Screenplay by: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro Based on The Hobbit by: J. R. R. Tolkien Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Graham McTavish, Manu Bennett,Barry Humphries, Sylvester McCoy, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis Music by: Howard Shore Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie Editing by: Jabez Olssen Studio: New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, WingNut Films Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures