After bringing 12 minutes of The Hobbit to Comic-Con — where Peter Jackson purposefully did not present footage in the 48 frames per second/3-D presentation that perplexed audiences at CinemaCon — the Lord of the Rings filmmaker spoke further about his desire to explore even more ground in the fantasy universe created by J.R.R. Tolkien. One possibility may be a third Hobbit film culled from Tolkien?s expansive LOTR notes and appendices, though Jackson admitted that the author?s posthumously published Silmarillion might present more of a challenge.
Familiar faces filled the screen in the Hobbit preview, which gave Comic-Con fans glimpses of Cate Blanchett?s Galadriel, Ian McKellan?s Gandalf, Orlando Bloom?s Legolas, and new cast member Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in the two-parter, which will hit screens in December 2012 and 2013. Speaking with press, Jackson acknowledged his choice to present the footage in 2-D rather than the 48 fps that earned mixed-to-negative buzz at CinemaCon. ?We have to try to figure out ways to make this cinematic experience much more spectacular, more immersive,? he said. ?But you know, Hall H isn?t the place to do it.?
Neither is showing just ten minutes of footage in 48 fps an adequate way to introduce the format to thousands of uninitiated fans who may not even be used to big screen 3-D, he insisted. CinemaCon seems to have also taught Jackson not to let 48 fps overshadow the actual film at hand. ?I didn?t want to repeat the CinemaCon experience where literally people see this reel and all they write about is 48 frames a second. That doesn?t do us any good. It doesn?t do 48 fps any good. To accurately judge that, you really need to sit down and watch the…
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