Jackson gets green light for The Hobbit

IT’S time to celebrate again in Middle Earth.

Jackson gets green light for The Hobbit
Wed, 20 Oct, 2010 - 01:00

Peter Jackson is to direct The Hobbit, the two-part prequel to the popular Lord Of The Rings trilogy and start shooting in February, Warner Bros said yesterday.

The movies, based on JRR Tolkien’s books, had been delayed by union issues and the continuing restructuring of flailing Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which owns half the project.

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