New Hobbit Production Blog Online

Given the epic undertaking that is Peter Jackson's work on the Hobbit trilogy, you might expect post-production to be a somewhat hectic affair. And if you saw any of the Lord Of The Rings post blogs, you know that even when the movies are close to release, there's plenty of work still to be done. Jackson's latest video blog takes us to his post-production facility and the insane scramble to edit, slot in effects and music and whisk the whole thing into shape. Take a look above. Jackson introduces us to a whirlwind tour of various post departments – the edit suite, visual affects, sound design and mixing etc. – but the story here is largely told by the huge team beavering away to get everything perfect. Even conceptual artists John Howe and Alan Lee are still hard at it, designing imagery to full blue screen gaps or anything else that needs their input. Jackson admits that the final version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey won't be ready until two days before its premiere in New Zealand, which, now that time has marched on, is just a couple of days away. If you want to see the other production video blogs, take your web browser on a quest here. The film hits UK cinemas on December 13 and then arrives in the US on December 14. Let's hope Andy Serkis doesn't have to play the goblins using sock puppets. Though we would actually pay to see that.