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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; The Hobbit</title>
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		<title>Comic Con Video: Peter Jackson Introduces &#039;District 9&#039; and Talks &#039;Hobbit&#039; and &#039;Halo&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comic-con-video-peter-jackson-introduces-district-9-and-talks-hobbit-and-halo</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Peter Jackson rolled into Comic Con for the first time in support of District 9, a film he is producing for director Neill Blomkamp, whom he found while searching for a helmer for the now defunct Halo project. As it turns out, the bond they formed during the months preparing for the ultimately abandoned video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hobbit&#039; Finds Hugo, Andy and Ian; Plus Some Smaug-y Details</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hobbit-finds-hugo-andy-and-ian-plus-some-smaug-y-details</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Serkis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I last read J.R.R. Tolkien&#039;s &#034;The Hobbit&#034; about six or seven years ago and to be honest I can hardly fit the details together if at all. So, when director Guillermo del Toro starts talking about sub-plots I am entirely lost, but I am sure some of you may be a little more familiar with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The Hobbit&#039; Will be &#039;The Hobbit&#039; and Not Include a &#039;Lord of the Rings&#039; Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-hobbit-will-be-the-hobbit-and-not-include-a-lord-of-the-rings-bridge</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-hobbit-will-be-the-hobbit-and-not-include-a-lord-of-the-rings-bridge#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some good news has arrived as Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro have revealed to Empire Magazine news that the upcoming The Hobbit adaptation will still be in two parts, but the second film won&#039;t be used to create a bridge between the story of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

&#034;We&#039;ve decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hobbit&#039; Talk, &#039;Lord of the Rings&#039; on Blu-ray and Chat with Del Toro Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hobbit-talk-lord-of-the-rings-on-blu-ray-and-chat-with-del-toro-yourself</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hobbit-talk-lord-of-the-rings-on-blu-ray-and-chat-with-del-toro-yourself#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blu-ray]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=10718</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some new information regarding Guillermo del Toro&#039;s take on The Hobbit and its sequel as well as some Lord of the Rings trilogy related news hit the Internet today along with a chance for Blu-ray owners to chat with del Toro himself while you watch your Hellboy II Blu-ray.

First we start with ComingSoon&#039;s chat with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Jr. in &#039;Sherlock&#039;, Kingsley in &#039;Persia&#039; and Gallons of Posters</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_in_sherlock_kingsley_in_persia_and_gallons_of_posters_20081011</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_in_sherlock_kingsley_in_persia_and_gallons_of_posters_20081011#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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(clockwise from top left) Ben Kingsley in Prince of Persia, Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes, Max Payne poster, Che poster, TDTESS poster, Hulk, Frost/Nixon poster, Bedtime Stories poster


POSTERS!!!! A new German poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still is online. As well as one and two new posters for Che, a French one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Del Toro Directing &#039;Hobbit&#039;, &#039;Frankenstein&#039;, &#039;Jekyll&#039; and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/del_toro_directing_hobbit_frankenstein_jekyll_and_more</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/del_toro_directing_hobbit_frankenstein_jekyll_and_more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were hoping for a Hellboy 3 you better keep dreaming because if that were to ever come to fruition it wouldn&#039;t be until 2018 or even later. Guillermo del Toro is committed to working on the two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit for the next five years and in a multi-picture deal with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Dark Knight&#039; Script, Applegate&#039;s Boobs and &#039;Terminator&#039; Road</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dark_knight_script_applegates_boobs_and_terminator_road</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dark_knight_script_applegates_boobs_and_terminator_road#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumor Mill Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Pacino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Applegate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

I know exactly what you are looking at. Stop it B.A.!


The deals for Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and director Guillermo del Toro to pen the screenplay for the two planned Hobbit movies is complete. They will commence writing shortly with shooting scheduled to begin in Fall 2009 in New Zealand.

The script for The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#039;s Look Back at the First Six Months of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/recapping_the_first_six_months_of_2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/recapping_the_first_six_months_of_2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Hathaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art House Movie: There Will Be Farts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Wild and wooly, there was little to love, but a lot to look forward to&#8230;


A lot has happened in the past six months and while there may not have been very many good movies and there were plenty of bad ones there was much more to remember as well as a lot to look forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ridley Scott&#039;s Sci-Fi Roots May Bring Us Another Trip to the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ridley_scotts_sci_fi_roots_may_bring_us_another_trip_to_the_future</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blood Meridian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Ridley Scott brought us Alien and Blade Runner. What&#039;s next?
Photo: Mock-up by Brad Brevet, photos via 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.


Ridley Scott Back to Sci-Fi: Eclipse Magazine posed a question to Ridley Scott (Alien and Blade Runner) asking him, &#034;Why have you not done more science fiction films?&#034; To which he replied:

I am going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hobbit&#039; Production Runs into a Relative Snag</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hobbit_production_runs_into_a_relative_snag</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hobbit_production_runs_into_a_relative_snag#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 18:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Times Online is reporting that while Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro are holding online chat sessions with production on The Hobbit ready to rock and roll there is one gentleman not so interested in letting things movie forward, that is at least not without the £80m he says New Line Cinema owes him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro Hold a &#039;Hobbit&#039; Online Chat</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/peter_jackson_and_guillermo_del_toro_hold_a_hobbit_online_chat</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/peter_jackson_and_guillermo_del_toro_hold_a_hobbit_online_chat#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 18:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today at 1 PM PST WETA NZ held an online chat with Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro concerning the upcoming feature The Hobbit and it&#039;s sequel.

Jackson and Del Toro answered questions from the fans directly as well as several questions that were sent in over the past couple of weeks. Below is the transcript [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uh, Guillermo, Aragorn Wasn&#039;t In &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/uh_guillermo_aragorn_wasnt_in_the_hobbit</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/uh_guillermo_aragorn_wasnt_in_the_hobbit#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With every other movie site under the sun picking up on the latest Variety story in which Michael Fleming reports that Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum) have all been contacted with regard to appearing in Guillermo del Toro&#039;s The Hobbit it made me a little nervous. The three are referred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Guillermo del Toro Right for &#039;The Hobbit&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is_guillermo_del_toro_right_for_the_hobbit</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
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Opinion Polls &#038; Market Research


I brought this up on the podcast I just posted (listen here), asking whether or not Guillermo del Toro is actually the best choice to direct The Hobbit and its sequel and whether or not these films should even be made.

I don&#039;t ask this because I think Del Toro is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FACT: Guillermo del Toro Didn&#039;t Like Hobbits</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/fact_guillermo_del_toro_doesnt_like_hobbits</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slash Film came across an interesting interview at Salon.com dating back to October 2006. The interview is from May 2006 when the Salon reporter Andrew O&#039;Hehir spoke with Guillermo del Toro about Pan&#039;s Labyrinth. The back-and-forth went like this:

I couldn&#039;t help thinking of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in this film. Were you a fan of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guillermo del Toro Confirmed to be Directing &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/guillermo_del_toro_confirmed_to_be_directing_the_hobbit</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fans of Guillermo del Toro&#039;s more personal efforts are going to have to wait about 3-4 years as Variety confirms Del Toro will indeed direct The Hobbit and it&#039;s sequel.

The New Line-MGM tentpole was confirmed today by exec producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and Mary Parent, the newly named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guillermo Del Toro Blogs &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro has taken advantage of activity on the message boards for Hellboy 2 to inform fans on what the activity is surrounding The Hobbit and its sequel in relation to the news that he is expected to direct.

Here&#039;s how it read:

Whew- Not yet. BUT there has been a lot of movement. And for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ian McKellen Offers Updates on &#039;The Hobbit&#039; and &#039;Golden Compass&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian McKellen is definitely one of those actors there is no comparison for. I am sure many of you will say Michael Gambon is in the same realm, but I must say that had Gambon been cast as either Gandalf or as the voice of the ice bear Iorek Byrnison in The Golden Compass both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judd Apatow Presents: Michael Mann Not Signed for &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s the story that just won&#039;t go away as we are reminded once again that Guillermo del Toro is not yet signed on to direct The Hobbit for MGM or its sequel.

The news comes as TheOneRing caught up with Del Toro and he told them, &#034;At this stage anything I say is of no consequence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth &#039;Jason Bourne&#039; Movie in the Plans at Universal</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/fourth_jason_bourne_movie_in_the_plans_at_universal</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there is no word on whether or not Tony Gilroy is writing it or even if there is a storyline in place a fourth Jason Bourne movie has been confirmed by Variety with the following statement:

On tap is a fourth &#034;Bourne&#034; movie, but their slate is full of efforts to either launch new franchises [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guillermo del Toro Not Yet Signed for &#039;Hobbit&#039; Films</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems it is true, Guillermo del Toro is not officially aboard to direct The Hobbit or it&#039;s sequel and I can only assume it is this latest lawsuit business that is holding things up.

Del Toro recently spoke with Empire and when asked about the project and his involvement he said, &#034;I wish it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Line in &#039;Rings&#039; Trouble Again and &#039;The Hobbit&#039; May be Affected</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is going on over at New Line? You have to wonder if the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was just too much for New Line to handle as they recently squared things away with Peter Jackson, but are now being sued by the charitable trust of &#034;Lord of the Rings&#034; creator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guillermo del Toro to Direct &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien&#039;s The Hobbit for New Line and MGM.

This is quite a substantial bit of news, even if nothing can move due to the writers&#039; strike, but once that is cleared up a writer will be brought aboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hobbit Talks &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MTV has posted a very interesting interview with Elijah Wood, who I am sure all of you know played Frodo in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Now it has been quite some time since I read &#034;The Hobbit&#034;, but I am pretty sure Frodo doesn&#039;t play a part in the story, but that doesn&#039;t [...]]]></description>
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