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MGM and Warner Near On Deal For Hobbit Films

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-precious-to-me dept.

Jamie found an NYT story that says "After months of negotiation and delay, Warner Brothers and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are on the verge of an agreement that would allow the director Peter Jackson to begin shooting a two-part version of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit early next year." The production has struggled recently with issues with unions, and a fire.

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  1. Re:Oh dear. by mvar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It was a good book but i'm not sure if we should be happy that this is going to be made into a movie from the same man who literally destroyed Gimli (among others) in the lotr trilogy

  2. Re:Oh dear. by mvar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    indeed, he would be better dead than playing the clown for the audience's comic relief