If you're a "Lord of the Rings" fan, today and tomorrow are two big days for the film franchise's legacy. First up, today marks the 10-year anniversary of "The Fellowship of the Ring's" big debut on the big screen (you're welcome for making us all feel incredibly old). Fittingly, Warner Bros has decided to release the first trailer for "The Hobbit," the prequel movie follow-up to "The Lord of the Rings," online tomorrow at 7 p.m. PST.
It's been confirmed that the trailer will debut before screenings of "The Adventures of Tintin" on Wednesday, so if you want to see Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey towering over you -- potentially even in 3D?! -- then that's the place to do it. But if you, like us, have been waiting for this movie to come out since 10 years ago today, then you'll probably be refreshing your browser repeatedly to see the trailer as soon as you can. Here are five things we're hoping to see in the trailer.
The One Ring
There's one ring to rule them all, and Bilbo is the man to find it in "The Hobbit." We've already seen the scene where Bilbo finds the Ring in "The Fellowship of the Ring" acted out by Ian Holm, but that just makes us all the more desperate to see Martin Freeman recreate it. How did director Peter Jackson go about shooting the scene? Will it be the same as it appeared in "Fellowship," or has it been shot in a new, unique way? Also, if these scenes make it into the trailer, then we'll get to see Andy Serkis reprise his role as Gollum, which we've been desperate for ever since his death in "Return of the King."
The Dwarves In Song
Okay, this one we already know is going to be in the trailer because it was spoiled for us by people who sat through this year's Butt-Numb-A-Thon. Apparently the dwarves all make an appearance (as we expected based on their pivotal role in this story) and join together in song at one point. As author J.R.R. Tolkien had a wonderful tendency to include songs and music in his novels, this should come as no surprise to his fans, but this is the scene to look out for from what we hear. Well, fingers crossed.
Frodo, Legolas, Elrond and Galadriel
"The Hobbit" might be jumpstarting a brand new -- albeit short -- film series for the "Lord of the Rings" franchise, but we can't help but be excited to see some familiar faces in the movies. Gandalf and Gollum are givens because they're major characters in the story, but we also know that Frodo, Legolas, Elrond and Galadrial will be making appearances as well. Hopefully Warner Bros knows its audience well enough to offer us a tease of some of those characters as well as showing us the new ones.
Mirkwood Forest
We still don't know where exactly Jackson split the two "Hobbit" films, but we're guessing that "An Unexpected Journey" will end after Bilbo and the dwarves enter Mirkwood Forest. It's one of the most iconic parts of the story, and features one of its few action sequences. Bilbo facing off against spiders and Wood-elves? Don't mind if we do.
Smaug
Tomorrow's trailer is meant to promote the first of the two "Hobbit" films, "An Unexpected Journey," but our hope is that it also includes footage of "There And Back Again." If it's going to follow in the footsteps of the original "Lord of the Rings" trailer and last year's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" teaser, then it will include footage from both of its parts instead of just one. That's kind of what we're placing our bets on, because there is nothing we would love more than to see what wonderful CGI Jackson has dreamed up for Smaug the dragon.
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'Hobbit' Trailer: What We Want To See
Posted 12/19/11 2:00 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Commentary, Trailers
If you're a "Lord of the Rings" fan, today and tomorrow are two big days for the film franchise's legacy. First up, today marks the 10-year anniversary of "The Fellowship of the Ring's" big debut on the big screen (you're welcome for making us all feel incredibly old). Fittingly, Warner Bros has decided to release the first trailer for "The Hobbit," the prequel movie follow-up to "The Lord of the Rings," online tomorrow at 7 p.m. PST.
It's been confirmed that the trailer will debut before screenings of "The Adventures of Tintin" on Wednesday, so if you want to see Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey towering over you -- potentially even in 3D?! -- then that's the place to do it. But if you, like us, have been waiting for this movie to come out since 10 years ago today, then you'll probably be refreshing your browser repeatedly to see the trailer as soon as you can. Here are five things we're hoping to see in the trailer.
The One Ring
There's one ring to rule them all, and Bilbo is the man to find it in "The Hobbit." We've already seen the scene where Bilbo finds the Ring in "The Fellowship of the Ring" acted out by Ian Holm, but that just makes us all the more desperate to see Martin Freeman recreate it. How did director Peter Jackson go about shooting the scene? Will it be the same as it appeared in "Fellowship," or has it been shot in a new, unique way? Also, if these scenes make it into the trailer, then we'll get to see Andy Serkis reprise his role as Gollum, which we've been desperate for ever since his death in "Return of the King."
The Dwarves In Song
Okay, this one we already know is going to be in the trailer because it was spoiled for us by people who sat through this year's Butt-Numb-A-Thon. Apparently the dwarves all make an appearance (as we expected based on their pivotal role in this story) and join together in song at one point. As author J.R.R. Tolkien had a wonderful tendency to include songs and music in his novels, this should come as no surprise to his fans, but this is the scene to look out for from what we hear. Well, fingers crossed.
Frodo, Legolas, Elrond and Galadriel
"The Hobbit" might be jumpstarting a brand new -- albeit short -- film series for the "Lord of the Rings" franchise, but we can't help but be excited to see some familiar faces in the movies. Gandalf and Gollum are givens because they're major characters in the story, but we also know that Frodo, Legolas, Elrond and Galadrial will be making appearances as well. Hopefully Warner Bros knows its audience well enough to offer us a tease of some of those characters as well as showing us the new ones.
Mirkwood Forest
We still don't know where exactly Jackson split the two "Hobbit" films, but we're guessing that "An Unexpected Journey" will end after Bilbo and the dwarves enter Mirkwood Forest. It's one of the most iconic parts of the story, and features one of its few action sequences. Bilbo facing off against spiders and Wood-elves? Don't mind if we do.
Smaug
Tomorrow's trailer is meant to promote the first of the two "Hobbit" films, "An Unexpected Journey," but our hope is that it also includes footage of "There And Back Again." If it's going to follow in the footsteps of the original "Lord of the Rings" trailer and last year's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" teaser, then it will include footage from both of its parts instead of just one. That's kind of what we're placing our bets on, because there is nothing we would love more than to see what wonderful CGI Jackson has dreamed up for Smaug the dragon.
What are you most looking forward to in "The Hobbit" trailer? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!
Tags lord of the rings, peter jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: There And Back Again, the-hobbit
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