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com Published: 01:45 EDT, 4 October 2024 | Updated: 01:55 EDT, 4 October 2024 e-mail 6 shares View comments 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. The New Zealand-born filmmaker, 62, and wife Fran Walsh, 65, put the sum of money into the Dallas company Colossal Biosciences, according to Bloomberg . The Academy Award-winning director is one in a group of notable names from various fields who have contributed to a $235 million sum in the organization.
Others include athletes such as Tom Brady and Tiger Woods ; entertainers including Paris Hilton and Chris Hemsworth ; and business figures such as tech billionaire Thomas Tull and the Winklevoss Capital Management firm, according to the outlet. Jackson's investment is also aimed at stopping species in New Zealand from facing extinction, his publicist told Bloomberg. 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.
Pictured in London in 2018 The Dallas company Colossal Biosciences is aimed at bringing back .