Tacky

Stuff and NZPA report:

Filming of will be delayed after director Sir was hospitalised with a perforated stomach ulcer.

 Jackson was admitted to Hospital last night with acute stomach pains.

A statement said he had undergone surgery for a perforated ulcer.

“Sir Peter is currently resting comfortably and his doctors expect him to make a full recovery.”

Sir Peter's surgery is not expected to impact on his directing commitment to The Hobbit beyond a slight delay to the start of filming, the statement said.

The Hobbit author JRR Tolkien suffered from a perforated ulcer before dying in 1973.

That last line (bolded by me) is just tacky. What relevance is it to the , except to suggest Sir Peter may die from the ulcer. Note Tolkien was around 82 when he died.