The Hobbit; Or, There and Back Again…Already?
Currently being filmed in New Zealand on a mammoth 18 month shoot, the first film won’t even be released until Christmas 2001. Despite this the film’s official site is up and running. “Preview” footage shown on the site had more than 1.7 million downloads in the first 24 hours – not bad for a trilogy of films whose debut is still 18 months away …