Peter Jackson's Daughter Katherine Jackson Made a Short Film Titled ATTACHMENT THEORY and Here's The Trailer

Peter Jackson’s daughter Katherine Jackson is following in her dad’s footsteps and has directed a short film titled Attachment Theory, and a trailer for it has been released.

Katherine Jackson grew up working through all kinds of movie jobs. Now, at 28 years old, she has gotten behind the camera to make her own film that she also wrote.

Attachment Theory is about “an agoraphobic woman who comes to rely on an AI machine for delivery of her anti-anxiety medicine during a global pandemic. Motivated by the desire to receive a 5-star rating, the machine engages in aberrant behavior that becomes downright scary.”

While talking to Deadline, Jackson talked about her film, saying: “The film came to me during the pandemic when we were all isolating and we became more dependent on technology.

“I watched a lot of people suffer with their mental health, anxiety, depression and agoraphobia. This was the worst case scenario of developing a dependency on that technology.”

She went on to say: “I see it as a calling card to make a low-budget horror feature, and I have one in mind that is a thriller with a sci-fi element.”

She called her time growing up in New Zealand “a magical childhood, how could it not be when you grow up around Hobbits, wizards, Elves and Orcs?”

She goes on to say that her mother and father were “not allowed on the set, I banned them both from visiting. I had a clear vision in my mind of what I wanted.

“My dad at his core is a director, and his impulse to contribute with an opinion. Those opinions would have been constructive and would have made my film better, I’m sure.

“But I believe the only way you learn is by making mistakes, that it is better to follow your gut. Even if you get it wrong, you’ll learn more than if somebody is telling you what to do. This whole short film was a learning experience for me.”

She added: “They’ve been nothing but supportive. I’ve chatted with them enough when dad showed me early cuts of things he has done, and mom some scripts she’s done.

“They’ve asked me for feedback. But we have different styles. There have been ideas I’ve pitched to my dad and he’s said, I don’t quite get that. I ran the draft of this past them, my mom understood the AI element straight away, but it took my dad a moment for it to click with him.

“But you have to make it for yourself and if it resonates with you, that’s what you’ve got to follow.”

Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think. The movie will be making the film festival rounds. It looks like it’ll be really good!