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First Action-Packed TV Spot for 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

by Alex Billington
October 23, 2012
Source: YouTube

"See how it all began." If you can believe it, we're now only 52 days away from the start of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey adventure, arriving in theaters mid-December (plus tickets on sale November 7th!). Marking this random occasion is the debut of a new TV spot, the first 30-second spot for The Hobbit, found via Collider. There's a considerable amount of action in this, plus some good lines and flashy titles. The lovable Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins, surrounded by Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield and Andy Serkis as Gollum. Check it out, it's short!

Watch the first TV spot for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, found on YouTube:

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit... J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, being directed by Peter Jackson as three separate movies, is set in Middle-Earth 60 years before Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in a trilogy ten years ago. The films, with screenplays by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, were shot consecutively in digital 3D using the latest cameras. The Hobbit follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives in theaters in 3D & 48FPS on December 14th.

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