When is the first date for premier of The Hobbit here? Is it on the 11th of December?

^ That's it. It's official now. Peter Jackson does not care for the source material. He's trying to re-invent the wheel as far as Tolkien's Middle Earth is concerned.

Not going to see the rest of the trilogy anymore.

I miss the rousing score from An Unexpected Journey.....

Hmm no one still haven't mentioned about that Twilight level love triangle?  I cringed so hard during that scene where Kate was healing Kili.

Also Smaug while he looks great and all, and that scene between him and Bilbo was quite interesting, it all went downhill when he starts chasing the dwarfs. He looks so dumb and clumsy. Is he like that in the novel too? I thought dragons supposed to be intelligent and cunning?  Reminded me of Tom from Tom and Jerry when he tried to chase them.
Also Smaug looks more like a wyvern than a dragon, no?

Anyway GSC still goofing around? 

i can't stop imagining benedict cumberbatch's face instead of the cg dragon throughout the whole gold scene. 

Inside Information...

Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo's own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we've gone along. “There and Back Again” felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo’s arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived “there” in the "Desolation of Smaug".

When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate.

And so: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" it is.

As Professor Tolkien intended, “There and Back Again” encompasses Bilbo’s entire adventure, so don’t be surprised if you see it used on a future box-set of all three movies.

Before then however, we have a film to finish, and much to share with you. It’s been a nice quiet time for us—Jabez and I happily editing away in a dark cave in Wellington—but those halcyon days are quickly coming to an end. It will soon be time to step into the light. Expect to see and hear much about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in the coming months.

And there’s also The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Cut, which we’re in the process of finishing, with over 25 mins of new scenes, all scored with original music composed by Howard Shore.

It’ll be a fun year!