Peter Jackson return to familiar ground

By John Horn / Los Angeles Times

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 07, 2012

~~<p>Peter Jackson has a message for J.R.R. Tolkien: I can't quit you.</p>
<p>Nearly a decade after the New Zealand filmmaker concluded his massively successful "Lord of the Rings" trilogy — a string of films that grossed more than $2.9 billion worldwide, capped with a best picture Oscar for 2003's "The Return of the King" — Jackson is set to launch yet another three-film series from the fantasy novelist's other famous tome, "The Hobbit."</p>
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Peter Jackson has a message for J.R.R. Tolkien: I can't quit you.

Nearly a decade after the New Zealand filmmaker concluded his massively successful "Lord of the Rings" trilogy — a string of films that grossed more than $2.9 billion worldwide, capped with a best picture Oscar for 2003's "The Return of the King" — Jackson is set to launch yet another three-film series from the fantasy novelist's other famous tome, "The Hobbit." Login for more...