The release of The Hobbit: There and Back Again, the conclusion of Peter Jackson’s big-screen trilogy, has been moved from July 18, 2014, to Dec. 17, 2014.
Although the opening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is still a week away, New Line is already teasing the next installments of Peter Jackson’s trilogy with the first images from The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again.
Although it’s unknown how big of a cameo he’ll have, it’s been confirmed that Stephen Colbert will appear in either The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug or The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
Actor Andy Serkis discusses pulling double duty as second unit director on Peter Jackson’s three-movie adaptation of The Hobbit, saying, “It was wonderful.”
Among other character portraits and behind-the-scenes stills, the Hobbit Movies app has released our first look at Lee Pace as Thranduil and a tease as to where the split between An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug will take place.
Following the expansion of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit to a trilogy, the second chapter will be titled The Desolation of Smaug, with the conclusion now called There and Back Again. The final film will open July 18, 2014.
While director Peter Jackson went to great effort to shoot The Hobbit at 48 frames per second, it turns out most theaters aren’t equipped to handle the format, leading Warner Bros. to convert the film to the more traditional 24 frames.
Following their Hall H presentation at Comic-Con International, the cast and crew of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey discussed the film’s new cinema tech and what it might do to the kids’ heads.
An alternate version of the original trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has made its way online, offering the eagle-eyed viewer glimpse of three brief snippets of new footage from Peter Jackson’s adaptation.
Director Peter Jackson officially announced that the planned two-movie adaptation of The Hobbit will be expanded into a trilogy, saying, “It has been an unexpected journey indeed, and in the words of Professor Tolkien himself, ‘a tale that grew in the telling.’”
Director Peter Jackson is reportedly in talks with Warner Bros. to shoot additional scenes for The Hobbit and turn the planned two-movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel into a trilogy.
In his eighth production video for The Hobbit, director Peter Jackson offers his view of Comic-Con International, and shows fans the behind-the-scenes footage the Hall H audience saw.
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