The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which has amassed over $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales since its release in December, made its debut for home viewing on 3D Blu-ray and DVD earlier this week with an impressive amount of bonus features. Director Peter Jackson returned to New Zealand to film the highly anticipated prequel trilogy to The Lord of the Rings, and fans returned to theaters in droves to see what he had up his sleeve, and we have two more chapters on deck for December 2013 and 2014.
You can read my review of the film, as presented theatrically in 3D and 48 frames per second HERE.
I was thrilled to cover the press junket in New York City in December as a producer for Access Hollywood, and had the opportunity to talk to Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage in one-on-one interviews shortly before the film opened.
Below are excerpts from my chat with Martin Freeman, who plays Bilbo Baggins, the title Hobbit of the trilogy who talked about the good chemistry he had with the cast of, discusses filming his very first scene on the set with Andy Serkis in the crucial cave sequence between Bilbo and Gollum, and why his Sherlock co-star Benedict Cumberbatch wanted the role of Smaug (who will appear in the second installment).
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