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Although ‘The Hobbit; There and Back Again’ was filmed at 48 frames per second, according to this report in Variety most theaters will be showing a stepped down 24 fps version of the film.

Peter Jackson has just announced that ‘The Hobbit’ will be released as a trilogy. For more info click here for the announcement on Peter Jackson’s Facebook page, and here for further details, from the movie studios, on ‘The Hobbit’ Facebook Page.

Andy Serkis says Martin Freeman was unpredictable on the set of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ because he always wanted to try his own thing while portraying Bilbo Baggins.

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Tolkien fans in the UK can enjoy a half hour radio program by the novelist Helen Cross that will explore how the teenaged Tolkien fell in love with Edith Bratt when they were both orphans living in an Edgbaston boarding house. Despite being forbidden from seeing her until he had come of age, the pair eventually overcame all the obstacles to their romance. The program will be broadcast at 11:00 am Friday 3rd of August on BBC radio 4; you can learn more about it here.

He already made a trilogy for The Lord of the Rings, but it’s becoming more apparent that filmmaker Peter Jackson — who just wrapped production on a two-part version of The Hobbit — may be returning to The Shire yet again. THR and LA Times both report that talks have begun with the cast the last few weeks, specifically Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, about returning for a third movie.

Will we see a trilogy? See the latest here.

Director Peter Jackson has just posted Hobbit Production Video #8 on his Facebook page. The 14:39 video, which deals with both Comic Con and the last days of filming, can be found here .

Monsters and Critics has just posted a number of new stills from ‘The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey`. To see the stills click here and then follow the link in the second sentence.

Click here to see Peter Jackson’s response when asked by HitFix whether he was considering splitting the second Hobbit movie into two films; thus turning The Hobbit into a trilogy.

If reaction to “The Hobbit” footage at Comic-Con is any indication, Peter Jackson has another couple of blockbusters on his hands, Yahoo reports.

Peter Jackson was recently interviewed at Comic Con by reporter Geoff Boucher. To see the brief Q&A interview, in which Jackson starts off by explaining the decision to show the ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ preview in 2-D and at 24 FPS click here.