Woo hoo! While things aren’t completely out of the woods yet, it looks like a huge step has been taken in the “Hobbit” movies, and the studio has now given the project a greenlight to start filming in February 2011. That’s a pretty big turnaround from the uncertainty and muck that’s plagued the project thus far. On the plus side, at least the long delays ultimately brought Peter Jackson on board as director. Now if they can only secure Martin Freeman as Bilbo…

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