Peter Jackson And The Hobbit Won't Be At Comic Con, But Here's A New Production Video Instead

Dave Davis, Joblo
Wed, 07/20/2011 - 8:26pm

Over the past couple of weeks, Peter Jackson has been slowly revealing images of the dwarves from THE HOBBIT movies. Considering the timing, that prompted speculation that it was building to something specific, like an appearance at Comic Con. Turns out it was perhaps instead meant to introduce and familiarize people with the characters in costume before the filmmaker released his latest video production blog, which... Read More...

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