New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM have announced the titles and dates of
the two new Hobbit movies. The first movie
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
releases on December 14th 2012, while the second,
"The Hobbit: There and Back
Again" is out a year later on December 13th 2013.
Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic,
The Hobbit has finally been made official. The two movies
are set before
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and follow the story of Bilbo Baggins as
he goes in search of treasures and riches. Along the way he battles against dragons and
Orcs and fights alongside Elves, Dwarves and the great Wizard, Gandalf the Grey. The first movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey releases on December 14th 2012, while the second,
The Hobbit: There and Back Again is out a year later on December 13th 2013.
Ian McKellen is set to reprise his role as Gandalf the Grey, while the main role of Bilbo
Baggins will be portrayed by BAFTA award winning Martin Freeman. Orlando Bloom, Cate
Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis all
reprise their roles from the
Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Cast members that have been
added include - Richard Armitage, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Stephen Fry, Ryan
Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy,
Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, Mike Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace,
Mikael Persbrandt, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott, Jeffrey Thomas, and Aidan Turner.
The crew have returned to New Zealand with Peter Jackson deciding to shoot both
films simultaneously and release them in a similar manner to The Lord of the Rings. New to
the Tolkein Franchise is 3D and 48 frames per second video.