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Peter Jackson defends stretching ‘The Hobbit’ to three movies

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“The Hobbit” may be a shortish book about diminutive heroes, but Peter Jackson on Wednesday said he was right to elongate the children’s story into no less than three epic movies. The New Zealand-born director has come under fire from some quarters for the trilogy, which opens in the US…

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Colbert and Back Again? Comedy Central host to appear in ‘The Hobbit’

Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert. Photo: Screenshot via Comedy Central.

Fans of Comedy Central’s faux rightwinger Stephen Colbert will be pleased to learn that he’s set for a cameo in the second movie in Peter Jackson’s forthcoming trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.” An unnamed but “knowledgeable” source told The Hollywood Reporter (THR) that the role was firmed up…

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Peter Jackson avoids talk about ‘The Hobbit’

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Filmmaker Peter Jackson avoided questions on Saturday about his decision to split J.R.R. Tolkien’s 300-page fantasy novel “The Hobbit” into three feature length films, amid growing fan criticism. The director of the epic “Lord of the Rings” trilogy says the decision to make three films was possible because of the…

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