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Avatar's Cameron buys up land in NZ hobbit country
Feb 2nd, 2012
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Avatar is moving in next door to the Hobbit. Successful U.S. film director James Cameron has snapped up more farmland near the New Zealand capital, Wellington, not far from Oscar-winning colleague Peter Jackson. Cameron, the director of "Titanic" and "Avatar," two of the highest-grossing films ever, has bought more than 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) in the Wairarapa region, around 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Wellington, land information records show. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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