It’s Official: The Hobbit to Be 3 Movies

The Hobbit

11:56 am, July 30th, 2012

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It’s official: The Hobbit will be three movies.

Director Peter Jackson confirmed the news on Monday after hinting at plans to spread the story over a trilogy rather than just the two scheduled releases.

SEE HIS FULL FACEBOOK ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW

Jackson previously did three Lord of the Rings movies in the Middle Earth world.

WATCH – “The Hobbit” Trailer

The first movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, opens in December.

A second installment called The Hobbit: There and Back Again is set to hit theaters for December 2013.

The “new” third movie is reportedly going to be released in summer 2014, although no official date is set.

Are you excited for a full Hobbit trilogy?

Peter Jackson’s Announcement:

It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made. Recently Fran, Phil and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie – and a large chunk of the second. We were really pleased with the way the story was coming together, in particular, the strength of the characters and the cast who have brought them to life.  All of which gave rise to a simple question: do we take this chance to tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as the filmmakers, and as fans, was an unreserved ‘yes.’

We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance.  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, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.

So, without further ado and on behalf of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wingnut Films, and the entire cast and crew of “The Hobbit” films, I’d like to announce that two films will become three.

It has been an unexpected journey indeed, and in the words of Professor Tolkien himself, ”a tale that grew in the telling.”

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