{"id":39765,"date":"2010-10-27T04:40:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=39765"},"modified":"2010-10-27T22:16:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T03:16:03","slug":"breaking-news-the-hobbit-stays-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/10\/27\/39765-breaking-news-the-hobbit-stays-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: The Hobbit Stays In New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-39766\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/10\/27\/39765-breaking-news-the-hobbit-stays-in-new-zealand\/new-zealand-flag\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-39766 no-lazyload\" title=\"New-Zealand-flag\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/New-Zealand-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/New-Zealand-flag.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/New-Zealand-flag-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a>The night is darkest ere the dawn&#8230; and dawn has ever been the hope of Men!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After days of closed door talks between New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Warner Bros. executives, the verdict is out today:<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE HOBBIT WILL BE MADE IN NEW ZEALAND<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.John Key has only minutes ago announced at a press conference in the Beehive theaterette that Sir Peter Jackson&#8217;s Hobbit films will indeed be filmed in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets have yet to post links to any videos&#8230; but stay tuned to TORn for updates as more of the good news makes its way on to the interweb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY IS A PROUD DAY FOR KIWIS&#8230; AND A JOYOUS ONE FOR FANS AROUND THE WORLD. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE AND ALL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a sample of how news organizations around the world are reporting here are some links:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/SHOWBIZ\/Movies\/10\/27\/new.zealand.hobbit.movie\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvnz.co.nz\/national-news\/film-producer-says-hobbit-deal-terrific-3856571\" target=\"_blank\">TVNZ<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2010-10-27\/-hobbit-to-be-filmed-in-new-zealand-after-warner-premier-key-strike-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2010\/10\/27\/3049992.htm?section=justin\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a> to name just a few. Video of the announcement has been extremely slow to load. Peter Jackson&#8217;s team hasn&#8217;t released a statement yet but is expected to.<\/p>\n<p>The party has already begun over at our <a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=291107#291107\" target=\"_blank\">message boards<\/a>. Head over to join in the celebrations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The night is darkest ere the dawn&#8230; and dawn has ever been the hope of Men! 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