2 HOBBIT Featurettes - “Christopher Lee Returns” and “Leaving Middle Earth”
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opens today, and I hope you go out and see it, because it's freakin' awesome! Two new featurettes have been released that you can check out of you want. The first is an IMAX featurette that includes Peter Jackson and the cast of the films reflecting on what they are going to miss most about Middle Earth. I know that as a fan of the saga, I’m going to miss the incredible journey that has been told in these stories. The second video focuses on 92-year old Christopher Lee returning to reprise his role, and damn, he sure does have a great scene in this movie!
After The Lord of the Rings ended, I knew there was a good chance we would be able to return to Middle Earth again with The Hobbit. After this, though, that’s probably going to be it. The Tolkien estate owns everything else, and I don't think they are going to be sharing the rights of those properties with anyone any time soon. They don’t like what Jackson has done with the adaptation of the books. Jackson is open about doing another one somewhere down the line, but let's face it, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is probably it for us fans. At least we’ll always have the books, films, and our imaginations to visit Middle Earth whenever we want.