{"id":39024,"date":"2010-10-08T16:25:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T21:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=39024"},"modified":"2010-10-08T16:25:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T21:25:42","slug":"peter-jackson-speaks-out-on-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/10\/08\/39024-peter-jackson-speaks-out-on-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Jackson speaks out on ‘Hobbit’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have glanced at TORn or even the internet this week you will have noticed the “Hobbit” news stories coming fast and furious from every corner. Peter Jackson has spoken about the collective of rumors and the current status of the two-part films. He spoke with EmpireOnline<\/a> and made it clear that people are working hard, but nothing has officially happened yet. Jackson said:<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve seen these reports before, reports saying there was going to be a greenlight in a couple of days \u2014 well, a week\u2019s gone by and there isn\u2019t one. You can\u2019t believe everything you read. There is only one thing you want to believe and that\u2019s when the studio announces a greenlight. As far as I\u2019m aware that\u2019s not going to be today. I keep hearing positive things. Everyone\u2019s working very hard. There\u2019s a lot of people at Warner Bros. who are working around the clock trying to manoeuvre through the MGM complexities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The rest of the article is really interesting with heavy Jackson quotes. You can read the rehash lots of places but why not go to the source<\/a>?<\/p>\n

It is clear from Jackson’s comments that the MGM situation remains sticky but that the will to get this picture in production is strong both on a studio level and from the Jackson camp. Not spoken of was the unsettled labor situation in New Zealand but it seems likely that dispute would also delay a greenlight but all parties seem to taking care of that issue behind the scenes and not in the press, likely so as not to give the NZ film industry a bad name internationally. The saga of the two-part film continues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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