After days of closed door talks between New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Warner Bros. executives, the verdict is out today:
THE HOBBIT WILL BE MADE IN NEW ZEALAND.
Mr.John Key has only minutes ago announced at a press conference in the Beehive theaterette that Sir Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films will indeed be filmed in New Zealand.
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Apparently the NZ government is funding the film.
Uhm. It almost sounds as if they mean business this time. Could it be? Could it be they're actually making this movie? Do I need to de-dust all my LOTR icons?
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