Ever since the first "Lord of the Rings" movie was released ten years ago, New Zealand has been known as the 'Home of Middle-earth'. Now, the country is set to reprise its leading role in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey".

From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the first of two films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The second film will be "The Hobbit: There and Back Again." Both films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before "The Lord of the Rings," which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar®-winning "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit", and the names of the characters, events, items and places therein, are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc.

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