[Lotr_announce] The Hobbit is being MADE!

[Michael Regina]

Golden Bits of Hobbity Goodness!!!!

PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE 'THE
HOBBIT'

December 18th, 2007 by xoanon

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM
TO PRODUCE 'THE HOBBIT,' EAGERLY-ANTICIPATED FANTASY ADVENTURE EPIC

NEW LINE AND MGM TO CO-PRODUCE AND SHARE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS

PETER JACKSON AND FRAN WALSH TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE TWO FILMS BASED ON
'THE  HOBBIT'

Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award-winning
filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM); Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne,
Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of New Line Cinema have jointly announced
today that they have entered into the following series of agreements:

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