Mgm And Warner Near On Deal For 'hobbit' Films

MGM and Warner Near on Deal for 'Hobbit' Films

An agreement would allow the director Peter Jackson to begin shooting J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” early next year.

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