Peter Jackson: It'll Be 'The Hobbit' Times Three
July 30, 2012
Movies
Following in line with the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, director Peter Jackson and his producing partners announced Monday they are making “The Hobbit” into a trilogy, changing the original plan of releasing just two films.
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The Oscar-winning director continued, "We recognized that the richness of the story of ‘The Hobbit,’ as well as some of the related material in the appendices of ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ gave rise to a simple question: do we tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as filmmakers and fans was an unreserved ‘yes.’”
Jackson ran footage of his first “Hobbit” film at Comic-Con 2012. The films star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and included returning “LOTR” actors Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Andy Serkis as Smigel, and, in smaller roles, Elijah Wood as Frodo and Orlando Bloom as Legolas.
The third film is expected to be released in summer 2014. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” will be released on December 14 of this year; “There and Back Again,” the second film, is due out December 13, 2013.
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