It's official: Jackson to direct the Hobbit

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Re: The Hobbit OFFICIALLY greenlit, Jackson to direct and in 3D

And Bombadil was cut for good reasons.

Yeah, we can't have the barrow-wights because if you have the barrow-wights you have to have Bombadil, and we can't have Bombadil because then the whole thing turns into a musical: Cop Rock meets the Renaissance Faire.