{"id":869,"date":"2009-09-16T01:19:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T01:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2009\/09\/hobbits-infiltrate-dawn-treader-set.html"},"modified":"2009-09-16T01:19:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T01:19:29","slug":"hobbits-infiltrate-dawn-treader-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2009\/09\/hobbits-infiltrate-dawn-treader-set.html","title":{"rendered":"Hobbits Infiltrate Dawn Treader Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it is hard to get good help. And trust me, sometimes Pippin and Merry are no help at all, especially after a few pints of ale. If you remember from my last post, I sent these Hobbits off to do undercover work on the set of Voyage of the Dawn Treader In Queensland, down under. Well like last time, after getting a couple of genuine pictures, they had second breakfast, and then elevensies, and then some ale, and then of course Merry got merry and started singing….. see what you think. Frankly, there is no hope either Pippin or Merry will ever be Prince Caspian, but we live in hope. <\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object>In other news announced on Sept. 9th, the Tolkien Trust and New Line Cinema have finally settled the lawsuit against New Line, clearing the way for the making of the Hobbit movie and its sequel. All are now satisfied so there are no obstacles to filming. Now if we can just figure out who will play Bilbo. I think I’d better send Samwise this time to ferret that info out of reliable sources. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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