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Well, what else are they gonna do?!

New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. are sticking with Peter Jackson and The Hobbit producers, amid the flick's animal welfare debacle.

As reported earlier, animal wranglers claim 27 animals died during filming. Even Seth MacFarlane has gotten in on the mix!

But Peter Jackson has denied the claims publicly on Facebook and now it's the studios' turn.

New Line and WB issued a joint statement, which reads:

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Looks like a can of worms has been opened!

First, we reported that The Hobbit's production company was being accused of 27 animals deaths during film.

THEN, the producers fired back at the claims, denouncing them as false.

NOW, it looks like this relationship has gotten Facebook official.

Peter Jackson has taken to Facebook to help protect his film's rep. He has released a fuller statement along with personal accounts from the owner of the farm where the animals were stored between takes as well as actors in the film.

The statement reads:

The Hobbit production has always instituted swift and immediate investigations in to any concerns of any kind over the treatment of animals under its care. A prompt and thorough investigation into the recent unsubstantiated allegations by the American organisation, PETA, in to the ‘hobbling’ of a horse during the making of The Hobbit was undertaken.

No evidence of such a practice was found to have occurred at any time.

Check out the rest of the statement AFTER THE JUMP!!!!

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Set your phasers bonerz to stun huge, sci-fi & fantsy aficionados!

This news will blow your space ballz!

Ever wonder what it might feel like for Peter Jackson and J.J. Abrams to simultaneously fill all of your holes?!

No, of course you haven't! But you're about to find out anyway!!

The Hobbit director and the dude behind the Star Trek re-imagining are tag-teaming moviegoers this winter!

Their filling up audience's eye sockets and ear canals — which holes did you think they were filling, sicko? — with glorious images and wondrous sounds!

A nine minute Star Trek Into Darkness extended trailer will precede all IMAX showings of The Hobbit!!

Vulcans and dragons, together at last!? Ah-maaaaaazing!!!

We wouldn't be any happier unless we were flanked by Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine during the screening, with a hole strategically cut out from the bottom of the popcorn box on our lap!

Mmm! Extra butter, please! LOLz!!

[Image via Sony Pictures.]

Tags: chris pine, extended trailer, imax, jj abrams, peter jackson, popcorn, screening, sequel, star trek, star trek into the darkness, the hobbit, trailer, zachary quinto

Who's pumped for adventure? We are! We are!

The newest TV spot for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (above) gets us amped to revisit the beautiful and fantastical world that Peter Jackson created from J.R.R. Tolkien's words.

With amazing visual affects, a great cast, a crazy cool set and timeless source material to draw from, we have no doubt that this will be an epic movie watching experience.

If U haven't seen the full trailer yet, click HERE!

Tags: an unexpected journey, cast, hobbit, jrr tolkien, middle earth, peter jackson, trailer, tv spot

What could possibly make one of the most anticipated prequels of all time even MORE splendiferous?!

STEPHEN F*CKING COLBERT!!!

Yep, Stephen Colbert has hinted that he MAY appear in Peter Jackson's forthcoming trilogy based on the iconic novel by J.R.R. Tolkien!

While he won't be in the first film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), he might appear in either Desolation of Smaug (2013) or There and Back Again (2014)!

During a recent interview, Stephen revealed:

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Whoa! This guy has weirder things coming out of his mouth than Jenna Jameson!

Actor and voiceover specialist Andy Serkis starred as Gollum in last decade's mega-successful Lord of the Rings trilogy and he's back in our lives once more!

Ch-ch-check it out as he reads an excerpt from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (above) and switches back into his creepy character!

How does his voice get to those weird places!? Our throat hurts just watching him!

Andy reprised his role for Peter Jackson's upcoming Hobbit film, look for him in theaters November 28!

Tags: andy serkis, bookz, film flickers, j r r tolkien, jenna jameson, peter jackson, the hobbit an unexpected journey, the lord of the rings

Orlando Bloom stole almost every action sequence in The Lord of the Rings as the badass elf Legolas Greenleaf, but he may have some competition in The Hobbit from Evangeline Lilly.

The Lost star is playing a “true Sylvan Elf” named Tauriel. She's not from any of J.R.R. Tolkien's source material, but in Peter Jackson, we trust, and her character sounds pretty cool.

Lilly described the newest addition to the Hobbit universe by saying:

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