![\"cinemacon-logo\"](\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cinemacon-logo-300x73.jpg\"){kind=logo}
People hoping for a big reveal about The Hobbit: There and Back Again at CinemaCon 2014 will probably come away disappointed by the news that, well, there wasn’t much news at all on that front.<\/p>\n People hoping for a big reveal about The Hobbit: There and Back Again at CinemaCon 2014 will probably come away disappointed by the news that, well, there wasn’t much news at all on that front.<\/p>\n
Warner Bros. closed out their 2.30pm presentation with a special recorded message from Peter Jackson, then rolled a new production diary. <\/p>\n
In the video Jackson recaps where they’ve been in the last two films with story and production-technology, then discusses what to expect in the third film. What folks saw was mostly production diary behind-the-scenes footage but there were a couple final film clips including one with Gandalf saying:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n “The time is upon us where all must choose what side we’re on.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Quote now with spoiler concealment (sorry about the oversight). Highlight above to read.<\/p>\n Here are a few snippets from online reports:<\/p>\n BoxOffice.com<\/b><\/p>\n \n“The Hobbit saga comes to a close with the final installment of the trilogy. Peter Jackson sent a video message thanking the CinemaCon crowd and introducing an exclusive behind the scenes featurette covering the entire Lord of the Rings saga.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Wrap<\/b><\/p>\n \n“Perhaps the biggest film in Warner Bros. lineup isn’t due out for another nine months. That would be \u201cThe Hobbit: There and Back Again,\u201d the final installment in Peter Jackson’s $4.5 billion grossing adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series.<\/p>\n Exhibitors were treated to a video greeting from the New Zealand based director and a look back at his six part epic. New footage, aside from a few dramatic stares courtesy of Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and Bilbo (Martin Freeman) and a glimpse of a flying dragon, was scant.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Variety<\/b><\/p>\n \n“Jackson introduced the Lord of the Rings<\/i> material, which included a few shots from There and Back Again”.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n More to come soon…<\/p>\n People hoping for a big reveal about The Hobbit: There and Back Again at CinemaCon 2014 will probably…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":55406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,497,14,22,4,74,496,498,148,1912,149,392],"tags":[2463],"class_list":["post-88009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-conventions","category-production-directors","category-events","category-headlines","category-hobbit-movie","category-jackson","category-production","category-production-studios","category-hobbit","category-the-hobbit-there-and-back-again","category-lotr","category-warner-bros","tag-cinemacon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"hobbit-desolation-of-smaug-ian-mckellen-gandalf\"](\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hobbit-desolation-of-smaug-ian-mckellen-gandalf-702x1024.jpg\")
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"