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Jackson: 'First Hobbit script is done'
Published Wednesday, Nov 25 2009, 11:00 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
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Lord Of The Rings helmer Jackson is producing and co-writing the two-part JRR Tolkien adaptation with Guillermo del Toro taking on directing duties.
"The Hobbit will be two movies and we've written the first script and delivered it to the studio who seem to be happy with it," In The News quotes Jackson as saying. "We're now halfway through the second script."
Jackson remarked that he was able to overcome initial difficulties when penning the Hobbit script with del Toro, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
He said: "It was an interesting experience because eight or nine years have passed since we wrote the Lord Of The Rings screenplays and I was worried it'd be weird or hard or uncomfortable to go back there, but as soon as we started writing the scripts it was fun, actually, and easy."
Jackson's new film The Lovely Bones had its Royal premiere last night in London. The movie opens on limited release in the US on December 11 and bows in the UK on January 29.
> Click here to see our Lovely Bones premiere coverage
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