The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which has amassed over $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales since its release in December, makes its debut for home viewing on 3D Blu-ray and DVD today 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.
Below are excerpts from my chat with Peter Jackson, where we discussed the hurdles involved in bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s book to the big screen, re-uniting with some of his Lord of the Rings cast members, and working with his new Bilbo Baggins in Martin Freeman.
You can also read his response when I asked him about possibly one day directing an installment of Star Wars. Although in the time since this interview was conducted, J.J. Abrams has signed on for Episode VII, there is still going to be a lot of opportunities in the future.
Check out that part of the interview HERE.
SOURCE: AccessHollywood.com
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