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Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson invests $10M in effort to revive extinct dodo bird


The New Zealand-born filmmaker, 62, and wife Fran Walsh, 65, put the sum of money into the company Colossal Biosciences.

Lord of the Rings director Peter Robert Jackson has put $10 million toward a Texas startup company aimed at reviving extinct animals such as the dodo bird. Lord of the Rings director Peter Robert Jackson, 62, has put $10 million toward a Texas startup company aimed at reviving extinct animals such as the dodo bird. Jackson won three Oscars in 2004 for 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Best Picture, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; and Best Director, sharing the first two honors with Walsh.

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