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THE Australian head of an actors' union that blacklisted The Hobbit was dubbed "a snake" by director Peter Jackson, amid an acrimonious clash over contracts.
news.com.au (2 months and 29 days ago)
Peter Jackson is already getting to work hyping The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The famed director posted on his Facebook page a six-minute excerpt of a live event he held online...
eonline.com (1 month and 22 days ago)

The final installment in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy has a new release date. The Hobbit: There and Back Again, originally scheduled for July 18, 2014, will now hit theaters on Dec. 17 of that year. (MORE: Why Peter Jackson Should Not Have Supersized Bilbo) The news broke last night on Deadline, and a few possible reasons for the delay have been suggested. For one thing,...
time.com (2 months and 25 days ago)

Fans of Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" will have to wait a little while longer to see how things turn out -- and not because Jackson added a fourth film to his three-part franchise. New Line and MGM announced on Thursday that "The Hobbit: There and Back Again," the final installment in "The Hobbit" trilogy, will arrive in theaters on Dec. 17, 2014, some five months after its...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 25 days ago)

"The Hobbit: There and Back Again," the final film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy adaptation of the timeless classic T"he Hobbit," will now be released on December 17, 2014.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 25 days ago)

"The Hobbit: There and Back Again," the final film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy adaptation of the timeless classic T"he Hobbit," will now be released on December 17, 2014. The joint announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 25 days ago)
AN exasperated Sir Peter Jackson called actors' union boss Simon Whipp "a snake" during a dispute over contracts for The Hobbit actors.
news.com.au (2 months and 29 days ago)

Jackson is a huge fan of the show and says 'they don't even have to pay me'
nme.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
Third film of 'The Hobbit' trilogy will get a holiday release, just like all of Peter Jackson's other J.R.R. Tolkien adaptations.
mercurynews.com (2 months and 25 days ago)

The movie, from New Line and MGM, is the third title in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" series.
hollywoodreporter.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
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