"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" trailer is here!

This December marks 10 years after the release of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.

10 years.

I feel old. But this trailer for the first of the two Hobbit movies (titled An Unexpected Journey and There And Back Again) is just the thing to make me feel young again. Get a small taste of what our return to Middle Earth will feel like one year from now.

First production video for THE HOBBIT

The first production video for The Hobbit has been released on Peter Jackson's facebook page.

It is over ten minutes long and features Peter Jackson doing a small tour of some of the sets and facilities of the production. Those who have watched the making of for the Lord Of The Rings films will recognize some familiar faces from the cast and crew in the background.

I gotta say that watching this got me back to my earliest geek years and gave me goosebumps. I am really excited that this is finally happening!

Filming for the Hobbit films have begun today!

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

That hole is in Wellington, New Zealand where today was the first day of principal photography for the Hobbit films which are scheduled for release in 2012 and 2013.

To celebrate the first day of filming, Sir Peter Jackson (who is returning to the Director's chair) has released two images from the set of Bag End (Bilbo's home) on his facebook page.

The road goes ever on and on...