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Peter Jackson can finally relax after The Hobbit trilogy ends. Or can he?

Peter Jackson can finally relax after The Hobbit trilogy ends. Or can he?
Movie still for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies Photo: WARNER BROS

Joanne Soh
Assistant News Editor
Dec 03, 2014 12:57 pm
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His cast may call it bittersweet or a proud achievement. 

But for director Peter Jackson, he said he can finally relax and take a little break.

At the press conference of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, the final chapter of The Hobbit trilogy,  held in London on Tuesday, he finally bade farewell to a passion project 16 years in the making as his Middle-earth journey comes to an end.

But actor Ian McKellen may not be ready to let Jackson go.

Said McKellen: “The next moment, I hope, is that Peter is going to devise not more films but a situation you can all go to that is as much theatrical as cinematic — a living museum where you will actually have the experience (of Middle-earth) and be there.”

Read the full report in our print edition on Dec 4.

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