{"id":63351,"date":"2012-10-17T14:23:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T19:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?page_id=63351"},"modified":"2012-11-02T08:46:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T13:46:57","slug":"hobbit-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/hobbit-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbit Movie Quick Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-52199 no-lazyload\" title=\"THE HOBBIT_ AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY official logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/THE-HOBBIT_-AN-UNEXPECTED-JOURNEY-300x117.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/THE-HOBBIT_-AN-UNEXPECTED-JOURNEY-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/THE-HOBBIT_-AN-UNEXPECTED-JOURNEY.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Three Films<\/strong> &#8211; Three films will be made of &#8216;The Hobbit.&#8217; The first film, titled &#8220;<em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/em>,&#8221; will be released on <strong>December 14, 2012<\/strong>. \u00a0The second film, titled &#8220;<em>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/em>,&#8221; is slated for release the following year, on <strong>December 13, 2013<\/strong>. The Third Film will be &#8220;<em>The Hobbit: There and Back Again<\/em>&#8221; only six months later on <strong>July 18th 2014<\/strong>. \u00a0Confirmed by Peter Jackson on his official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/peter-jackson\/an-unexpected-journey\/10151114596546558\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/05\/30\/44800-official-film-titles-announced-march-2nd-titles-confirmed\/?sldkfjs\" target=\"_blank\">Official Release<\/a>] [<a title=\"The Hobbit Movies Official Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehobbit.com\" target=\"_blank\">Official Website<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>The first trailer for\u00a0&#8220;<em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/em>&#8221; was released on December 20th at 10pm ET. [<a href=\"http:\/\/trailers.apple.com\/trailers\/wb\/thehobbit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer Page<\/a>] [<a title=\"Frame by Frame analysis of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/12\/23\/51649-first-hobbit-trailer-torns-frame-by-frame-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frame-by-Frame Analysis<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>The second trailer for\u00a0&#8220;<em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/em>&#8221; was released on September 19th 2012 at 10am ET. [<a href=\"http:\/\/trailers.apple.com\/trailers\/wb\/thehobbit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer Page<\/a>] [<a title=\"Frame by Frame analysis of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/09\/20\/62046-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-trailer-2-frame-by-frame-analysis-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frame-by-Frame Analysis<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Director<\/strong> &#8211; The films will be directed by Peter Jackson with Andy Serkis as second unit director.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characters<\/strong> &#8211; All major characters from The Hobbit are expected to appear in the films, as well as additional characters from the Middle-earth lexicon. Please see our &#8216;<a href=\"\/torwp\/the-hobbit\/characters\/\">character<\/a>&#8216; and &#8216;<a href=\"\/torwp\/the-hobbit\/cast\/\">cast<\/a>&#8216; pages for more information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Locations<\/strong> &#8211; Both films will be made entirely in New Zealand, using many of the same locations and sets from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producers<\/strong> -&#8220;The Hobbit&#8221; films are productions of New Line Cinema and MGM, with New Line managing production. \u00a0Warner Bros Pictures is handling worldwide theatrical distribution, with select international territories as well as all international television licensing being handled by MGM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-hobbit\/characters\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40624 alignnone no-lazyload\" title=\"Listing of Characters appearing in The Hobbit movie - Click Here\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/the-hobbit-characters.jpg\" alt=\"Listing of Characters appearing in The Hobbit movie - Click Here\" width=\"232\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/hobbit-movie\/hobbit-movie-faq\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40623 alignnone no-lazyload\" title=\"The Hobbit Movie FAQ - Click Here\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/the-hobbit-faq.jpg\" alt=\"The Hobbit Movie FAQ - Click Here\" width=\"232\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-hobbit\/cast\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40622 alignnone no-lazyload\" title=\"The Hobbit Movie Cast - Click here!\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/the-hobbit-cast.jpg\" alt=\"The Hobbit Movie Cast - Click here!\" width=\"232\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Films &#8211; Three films will be made of &#8216;The Hobbit.&#8217; The first film, titled &#8220;The Hobbit: An&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everything you need to know about The Hobbit Movies, cast, characters, how many movies and when they will be released.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"the hobbit movie,there and back again,the desolation of smaug,an unexpected journey\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/hobbit-overview\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. 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