‘Lord of the Rings’ Director Piles $10 Million Into Dodo De-Extinction Startup
- Colossal Biosciences says it’s raised a total of $235 million
- Jackson confirms investment was made to aid conservation
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Film director Peter Jackson and his partner, producer Fran Walsh, are the latest wealthy celebrities to throw support behind de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences Inc. The couple invested $10 million in the company known for trying to bring back animals from the dodo to the woolly mammoth.
The filmmaker, famed for making the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, is backing the biotechnology company as he seeks to prevent species from extinction in his native New Zealand, according to his publicist.