Because we feel compelled to announce every single bit of news regarding The Hobbit (including the state of Peter Jackson’s ulcer,) we must announce from atop the hills that production will begin on March 21st in New Zealand! Good for them. Glad they have gotten through all the issues with unions, actors, directors, and inflamed ulcers out of the way and can focus on bringing the epic story to the big screen. Of course, this being a world ruled by Murphy’s Law, some other disaster we haven’t foreseen will take down production. Perhaps a tsunami of sheep will overtake the set? Or maybe a particularly bright bag of Doritos will take Jackson’s attention for a split second too long that causes a bundle of logs to topple down on a gate that releases a herd of sheep that trample the entire cast? Rube Goldberg, eat your heart out.
Source: Deadline
