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- noun Homo floresiensis.
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'Lord of the Rings' trilogy as it has secured a deal to retain the rights to 'The Hobbit'.atomicpopcorn. net 25 days ago - A week or so ago we reported on the financial crisis facing Metro Goldwyn Mayer that threatened to knock Guillermo Del Toro's The Hobbit off its axis.
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Reading the Hobbit is a bit like listening to Bill Hailey and the Comets.
Tolkien: Uber Landscape Porn Guy zornhau 2009
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"We have answered the people who contend that the Hobbit is a microcephalic," Falk said of her team's study of both normal and microcephalic human brains published in the January 29 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS).
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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I didn't like his past Hollywood productions much, but "Hobbit" is more the type of fantasy his good at, and I'm sure the creatures and the FX, CGI or not, will be great too, as this is the area at which he excels …
It's Official - Guillermo del Toro Directing The Hobbit! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Shorter and more constantly adventurous than the epic that would follow, The Hobbit is a staple of reading lists in many schools.
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* The film version of The Hobbit is in pre-production (and Ian McKellan will be back as Gandalf).
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Blibbles, blabbles and a rant 2009
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"The Hobbit" is set roughly 60 years before the "Rings" trilogy, but Tolkien's Middle-earth is filled with long-lived species.
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Like Mr. Jackson's earlier film trilogy, "The Hobbit" is based on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien; it follows hobbit Bilbo Baggins — whose adopted son, Frodo, is the hero of "Rings," set decades later — on an epic journey across the fictional land of Middle Earth.
New Zealand PM Bids to Save 'The Hobbit' Rebecca Howard 2010
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Already a long way off, "The Hobbit" is now coming later rather than sooner.
‘The Hobbit’ Shooting Delayed, According To Producer Peter Jackson » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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"The Hobbit" is also a more family-friendly tale, at least based on how the book is written, and so it could conceivably draw in the valuable under-13 audiences.
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