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   Box Office Report: Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Grosses $11.2 Million Wednesday Overseas

   4:16 pm 12/13/2012

   • by Pamela McClintock

   The 3D tentpole opens in North America at 12:01 a.m. Friday and is eyeing a weekend gross in the $75 million to $90 million range. Read more

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   THR's Producer Roundtable: What Would Guillermo del Toro's 'Hobbit' Have Looked Like? (Video)

   9:00 am 12/13/2012

   • by THR Staff

   Peter Jackson collaborator Philippa Boyens says the film would have had more of a “fairy-tale” element and a different visual aesthetic.Read more

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   THR's Producer Roundtable: Peter Jackson Collaborator on What Makes the Filmmaker Tick (Video)

   9:00 am 12/13/2012

   • by THR Staff

   Philippa Boyens says Jackson sees himself as an "independent filmmaker" who happens to own a visual effects company.Read more

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   Imax to Show 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' in High Frame Rate 3D

   4:05 pm 12/12/2012

   • by Etan Vlessing

   The giant screen exhibitor will feature the Peter Jackson tentpole at 48 frames per-second, closer to what the human eye sees. Read more

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   Kate Middleton Pulls Out of ‘The Hobbit’ London Premiere

   6:39 am 12/11/2012

   • by THR Staff

   The Duchess of Cambridge has pulled out of attending the Royal Film Performance of “The Hobbit” Wednesday night because of her ongoing pregnancy sickness.Read more

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   'The Hobbit' Dwarves Discuss Mega Feasts, Video Game Rivalries and All That Makeup

   9:11 pm 12/9/2012

   • by Jordan Zakarin

   At the film's NYC premiere, the actors that played the warrior dwarves recalled tough days on set, nose-fittings and much more.Read more

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   'Hobbit' Director Peter Jackson Gets Grilled by Stephen Colbert (Video)

   6:42 am 12/7/2012

   • by Erin Carlson

   The Comedy Central host and Tolkien superfan tries talking the filmmaker into letting him see the second film in his upcoming trilogy.Read more

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   Peter Jackson Details His Desperate Obsession With Casting Martin Freeman in 'The Hobbit'

   2:01 pm 12/5/2012

   • by Jordan Zakarin

   The director said that he spent countless late nights watching Freeman on "Sherlock" and reworked his entire shoot to accommodate him.Read more

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   Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen Defend Making 'The Hobbit' a Trilogy

   11:19 am 12/5/2012

   • by Jordan Zakarin

   "Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn’t know the guy or the body of his work," Sir Ian McKellen said.Read more

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10. Shopping Tour: Turin Film Festival Review

    7:54 am 12/4/2012

    • by Stephen Dalton

    Finnish cannibals feast on the flesh of Russian tourists in writer-director Mikhail Brashinsky’s juicy satirical horror comedy.Read more

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