Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones Stops Filming Due to Creative Rift?

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'Lovely Bones' Shuts Down Over Creative Afterlife Differences [Heaven Can Wait]
Published 5/1/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... Robin Williams in a Monet painting in What Dreams May Come was a good idea.) Still, we have high hopes for any Jackson film, and we only pray he doesn't use this production to indulge his more volatile creative instincts, pushing a tray of painstainkingly hand-sculpted femurs and ulnas into his prop master's face, screaming, "These bones aren't nearly lovely enough!" before storming off to his trailer. Scoop! Lovely Bones Hits A Snag [flicks.co.nz via slashfilm.com] Speed Racer Premiere Report [Empire Online] ...

Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones Hits Another Snag
Published 5/1/2008 by Michelle Graham at Film School Rejects
... It appears that paradise may be a little too subjective, for according to /film, Peter Jackson and his art directors appear to be having a lovers’ quarrel over how best to depict that very setting, leading to a stalled production and an extended coffee break. ...

Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones Stops Filming Due to Creative Rift?
Published 5/1/2008 at The Movie Fanatic Feeds
Source: Slash Film Flicks.Co.NZ is reporting that Peter Jackson and one of his art directors are in a big tiff on the set of The Lovely Bones. Why? Because they can t agree on the film adaptation s notion of Heaven. Filming has temporarily stopped until The Pearly Gates, a major aspect/set in the film, meets Jackson s satisfaction. More clouds I say! Crew is said to be on an extended break for cigarettes and GTA4. [image] You may recall that Jackson had a prior creative difference when he replaced Ryan Gosling, who had gone pudgy for a major role, with Mark ...

Peter Jackson's ‘The Lovely Bones’ Plagued by More Hilarious Problems
Published 5/1/2008 at Vulture
... what it's like because he kept pushing me to be more and more extreme and sometimes that's when you make your big mistakes so I'm not sure how it will come off — it will be interesting to see it from the point of view of the audience.” Yikes! As much as we're looking forward to Lovely Bones, we think we're actually more excited to see the making-of featurette on the bonus disc of the DVD. Lovely Bones Hits A Snag [Flicks.co.nz via /Film] Speed Racer Premiere Report [Empire] ...

Lovely Bones Production Stopped over Heaven Debate
Published 5/2/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
Production of the Lovely Bones seems to have grinded to a halt as Peter Jackson sent everyone home until he can sort out what heaven looks like. No, he isn’t hallucinating. He is in a heated dispute with an art director about how Heaven should look in the movie. /Film says: Peter Jackson and one of his art directors are in a big tiff on the set of The Lovely Bones. Why? Because they can’t agree on the film adaptation’s notion of Heaven. Filming has temporarily stopped until The Pearly Gates, a major aspect/set in the film, meets Jackson’s ...