Peter Jackson’s much-anticipated The Hobbit: Part 1 has stalled production, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The film was set to start shooting any day now in New Zealand – the same place the hit movie trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings was filmed – leaving many to wonder if the recent earthquake would affect the making of the movie.

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It’s hasn’t. Instead, Jackson’s health is a cause for concern after he was admitted to a New Zealand hospital due to a perforated stomach ulcer.

However, someone forgot to tell leading actor Ian McKellen of the delay and he showed up in New Zealand last week!

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