{"id":37592,"date":"2010-07-22T15:16:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T20:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=37592"},"modified":"2010-07-23T09:30:35","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T14:30:35","slug":"waiting-around-for-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/07\/22\/37592-waiting-around-for-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting Around For The Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the New York Times\u00a0Art Beat blog<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0At Comic-Con, even the lines have lines. One way to join the line for a Thursday morning rundown on the \u201cHobbit\u201d movies from staff members of TheOneRing.net, a fan site that has consistently broken news about the Middle Earth movies, was to first get in another line for those without credentials (even if you already had one). Then you could scoot through the big registration room, out the other end, and into the Hobbit line \u2014 just in time to grab one of about 300 seats.<\/p>\n

Waiting around has become something of a habit when it comes to \u201cThe Hobbit.\u201d For weeks, executives at Warner Brothers and its New Line Cinema unit have been trying to close a deal under which Peter Jackson, who is a producer and writer of a planned pair of Hobbit films, would also direct them.\u00a0\u00a0More than two weeks ago, word buzzed through Hollywood that a deal was almost done, but things, as of this writing, are still in suspense. Read More…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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