Official Trailer for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit

9/8/2015

The title pretty much says it all, doesn't it? Enjoy!

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit- Official Trailer from Dustin Lee on Vimeo.

Troy

9/9/2015 07:21:40 pm

I hope you kept Misty Mountain as the music during Thorin's charge from the mountain. This trailer confirms it. I will never understand why the theatrical version did not use that piece for that scene because it is infinitely more powerful than the one that appeared in the film.

Jose

9/12/2015 04:13:50 am

From the trailer, I deduce that you have reinserted the eagles rescue and have also digitally removed the layer of gold covering Smaug :-)

Dustin

9/12/2015 06:28:50 am

You have deduced correctly!

Eric

9/12/2015 01:42:31 pm

I'm am sooo happy for these changes, and all the effort you have put into this project! Well done! I really can't thank you enough. I'm so excited, I can't wait to see the final edit in all it's glory. November can't come soon enough. Again, thank you so much for doing this!

Saelvo

9/13/2015 01:03:40 pm

Hi there!
I really like your work on the recut. I have seen one other recut so far, but I was not really satisfied with that one, since the author removed some key scenes (like the death of Fili and Kili) and other stuff, making the end result a good cut, but inconsistent.
I am looking forward to your final version in november. I am very happy you were able to cut Tauriel, most of Legolas and Alfrid. Him beeing killed by smaug´s fall is a perfect solution. Also I am pleased to see, that you found a way to insert Filis and Kilis death in a way that makes sense! Not to mention the cutting of the Erebor chase crap. The reediting of Smaug leaving the mountain without the molten gold looks great!
Should that version be longer than 4,5 hours, you should look into to possibility of splitting your version into two movies (just like PJ intended to do before filming started, with one movie called UAJ and the second "There and back again") since, in my opinion, a single 5 hour movie ist still a bit long.

Dustin

9/13/2015 08:48:08 pm

Hello Saelvo, I am still planning to keep the final fan edit around the 4-hour mark. I think this is a good length for the story and can still be easily viewed in one sitting! Thanks for your feedback!

franklapidus4ever

9/13/2015 06:14:27 pm

Will you be releasing a list of changes you made from your rough cut to the final cut?

Dustin

9/13/2015 08:49:16 pm

Yes, I will release a list of changes before the final cut comes out. Obviously I'll have to see what the BOFA EE contains before doing so.

AHS

9/14/2015 01:53:04 pm

Really excited for this, my jaw dropped when I saw Smaug without the molten gold, great work. However, I've got to say that bringing back the eagles part is a bad call, it was totally unnecessary, it didn't provide any development for the story, and .. seriously, the eagles? again??

franklapidus4ever

9/15/2015 08:31:41 pm

I think a lot of people (myself included) felt that it just wasn't "The Hobbit" without all those iconic scenes from the book. The eagle rescue is definitely one of those scenes. Plus it makes much more sense logistically. Those who know their Middle-earth geography know that it's quite a ways from the edge of the Misty Mountains to Beorn's house.
(I'm just wondering, Dustin, if you put in Gandalf's dialogue with the dwarves where he first tells them of Beorn. That would make their running into a random house make a bit more sense.)

Dustin

9/16/2015 08:30:29 am

Yes, now that the eagle sequence has been re-inserted, I have to say that it's nice seeing them in the film. Even if they are a convenient plot device...but that's more of a Tolkien problem than a Peter Jackson one! I'll be sharing the new sequence here later today.

Eric

10/19/2015 04:18:03 am

This might be too much to ask for, I don't know. But do you think it would be possible to tone down Smaug's shininess when he leaves Erebor? It's awesome that you removed the gold color from him, but he still looks really shiny, which looks very weird. I think toning it down just a little would make a great difference.

Something like this:
http://i.imgur.com/yumJ72W.png
Compared to this:
http://i.imgur.com/xDv9LWP.png

But then again, it might be asking too much. It was easy enough to do it to one frame in Photoshop, but I'm not sure how complicated it would be for you to do it to the whole clip. I hope you will atleast consider doing it :)

Dustin

10/19/2015 05:54:32 am

Yes I'm still working on that shot...it's really tough because the shiny bits are overexposed. So bringing down the highlights just makes the shiny parts look texture-less. But I agree a little bit may help...I think if I add some film grain on top that might sell the shot even moar.

Eric

10/19/2015 06:46:31 am

Yeah, the lack of texture definitely becomes an issue. Great idea about the film grain, I think you're on the right track there. I tried adding some noise and then some blur on top of that, and that sure makes it look a lot better, even if it's still far from perfect:
http://i.imgur.com/IT6c1uR.png
Anyway, I'm glad to hear you're still working on that shot. I'm sure you'll make it look fantastic.

By the way, I made some artwork for dvd and bluray discs. Feel free to put them up on the downloads section if you'd want to! And if you'd want me to do any changes to them just let me know :)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2ohv1rhfevzx2k/thehobbit_disc_artwork.rar?dl=0

Eric

10/20/2015 12:20:20 pm

Hi again, Dustin. I have now also made disc artwork for "Durin's folk and the Hill of sorcery". As I understand it you plan on including this sidequest film on one of the discs of your main fanedit? But I thought I'd make separate artwork for it anyways if I ever decide I want to burn the sidequest film on a disc of it's own. Again, feel free to do whatever you want with it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cck0c9z25zoqxcj/durinsfolk_disc_artwork.rar?dl=0

NoTra

10/26/2015 06:30:16 am

Hi !

Thanks for the job (hope it will be good). Just one question, will the movie have french subtitles available ?

JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit