[1][2] In the late 1980s, Jackson submitted a screenplay to New Line Cinema he co-wrote with Danny Mulheron entitled A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: The Dream Lover.
[2] While mulling over the possibilities of making a sequel to Bad Taste, Jackson was also co-writing a script called Warrior Season with Costa Botes.
[1] Jackson at one point optioned the film rights for the biography of the famous New Zealand aviatrix, Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies.
[8] In 1999, it was reported in Variety that among the projects in development at Good Machine was The True Story of John/Joan, set to be directed by Jackson from a script by Fran Walsh.
[9] It was adapted from John Colapinto's Rolling Stone story of the same name about Canadian man David Reimer whose childhood was spent living as a girl after a botched circumcision as a baby.
"[12] While promoting The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Jackson revealed to several news publications that before embarking on directing the Adventures of Tintin sequel, he wanted to return to his roots and make a new film set in New Zealand first.
He stated that he and Fran Walsh were in the process of adapting several true stories about their native country that would be "similar in tone and scope" to Heavenly Creatures (1994).