Here’s a a
trailer for The Hobbit, the long-awaited movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s
epic book which is being shot as a prequel to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings
trilogy.
As previously
reported, the film version is to be released in two parts, subtitled An
Unexpected Journey and There and Back Again, with the first hitting the big
screen later this year.
The films are
set sixty years before The Lord of the Rings and, as if you don’t already know,
follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman)who finds himself caught
up in an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom from the fearsome dragon
Smaug.
The movies
are being filmed in 3D at Stone Street Studios, Wellington, and on location
around New Zealand and also star Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey; Cate
Blanchett as Galadriel; Orlando Bloom as Legolas; Ian Holm as the elder Bilbo;
Christopher Lee as Saruman; Hugo Weaving as Elrond; Elijah Wood as Frodo; and
Andy Serkis as Gollum.
The ensemble
cast also includes (in alphabetical order) Richard Armitage, Jed Brophy, Adam
Brown, John Callen, Billy Connolly, 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 Hobbit is
a New Line Cinema and MGM production
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