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<\/a><\/p>\nLent will be upon us soon, and time to repent of our bad hobbits, err\u00a0 habits.\u00a0\u00a0 One hobbit I will not be repenting of however is the Peter Jackson produced films of the same name.\u00a0\u00a0 Jackson recently had emergency surgery, so the production schedule is a bit behind, but will begin on March 21 as Lent is underway.\u00a0 All the sites in New Zealand have already been scouted, and it looks like we will see more rather than less familiar faces from the LOTR series in this film as well.\u00a0\u00a0 I was hoping to be cast as a young Smeagle but unfortunately I was too old.\u00a0 My\u00a0 New Zealand pipeline is keeping me up to date with alerts on these films, so I will keep you apprised.\u00a0\u00a0 Expect and 2012 release for the first of these two films.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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