Thursday, April 24, 2014

The Final Hobbit Movie Officially Changes Title

Last week a rumor began to circulate that final film film of The Hobbit trilogy would be changing its last name to better help market the movie. At the time the rumor said The Hobbit: There and Back Again would change to The Hobbit: Into the Fire. For various reasons I said the rumor was BS but turns out I was completely wrong. In a post on Peter Jackson's Facebook page, the new official title of the final movie is The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Below is Jackson's write up along with a few tidbits on the Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition release. The There and Back Again sub-title will be reserved for The Hobbit box sets. The logo image to left is not official, just a mock-up via TORn.
Inside Information...

Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo's own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we've gone along. “There and Back Again” felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo’s arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived “there” in the "Desolation of Smaug".

When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate.

And so: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" it is.

As Professor Tolkien intended, “There and Back Again” encompasses Bilbo’s entire adventure, so don’t be surprised if you see it used on a future box-set of all three movies.

Before then however, we have a film to finish, and much to share with you. It’s been a nice quiet time for us—Jabez and I happily editing away in a dark cave in Wellington—but those halcyon days are quickly coming to an end. It will soon be time to step into the light. Expect to see and hear much about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in the coming months.

And there’s also The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Cut, which we’re in the process of finishing, with over 25 mins of new scenes, all scored with original music composed by Howard Shore.

It’ll be a fun year!

2 comments:

  1. Cannot wait to see the extended cut stuff. So excited!

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  2. Well thats better, already watched the movie and its superb than its previous movies.

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