Jackson: 'Hobbit hasn't been delayed'
Peter Jackson has dismissed claims that The Hobbit movies have been delayed.
Speaking to Moviefone, Jackson said that his Lord Of The Rings prequels have yet to be greenlit by studio MGM and talks of production problems are inaccurate.
"Well, it's not really been delayed, because we've never announced the date," he said. "I mean it's sort of interesting because the studio has never greenlit The Hobbit, so therefore The Hobbit has never been officially announced as a 'go' project, nor have we ever announced a date.
"But there's so much interest that people - newspapers and magazines, of their own account, say, 'Ah, it's likely to film in May, it's likely to film in June, it's likely to film in September.' People make this stuff up. And then if it's not filming in June, you get a story saying, 'The Hobbit's been delayed.' But it's never actually been announced"
Jackson did confirm that both Hobbit scripts have been delivered to MGM and the Guillermo del Toro project is currently in the budgeting stages.
Andy Serkis, who played Golum in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, recently told DS that he expected The Hobbit to begin shooting later this year.
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