One year ago the first significant screening of footage from “The Hobbit,” made its debut in Las Vegas and at 48 fps. Warner Bros. hoped to wow media and convince cinema owners to upgrade technology. There was a significant mixed reaction from the media and screeners but $1 billion later, nobody seems at all worried and word out of Vegas is, those in the cinema business can’t wait to get another Jackson movie.

But, Warner Bros. has a lineup of loaded films for 2013 and “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” is only a part. Three big time directors were also on hand to introduce their films. Guillermo del Toro, co-writer on “The Hobbit” films was there to introduce “Pacific Rim,” the film he eventually made after historical and monumental delays on the Middle-earth production forced him to leave the project. Zach Snyder was at CinemaCon as director of “Man of Steel,” and Todd Philips for “Hangover 3.” Stockholders must be ecstatic. Snyder is hoping to do with WB’s Superman franchise what Christopher Nolan has done for the company with its Batman flagship. Nolan is a producer on the project.

Variety said the following about “The Hobbit.”

““The Hobbit” director Peter Jackson also appeared in a video with a few brief clips from the “Desolation of Smaug” with Evangeline Lilly and Orlando Bloom appearing.

Jackson’s matter-of-fact presentation was in sharp contrast with last year’s CinemaCon event when WB’s presentation — including 10 minutes of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” — generated a mixed reaction over the pic’s 48 frames-per-second format.”

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I have replaced the low quality caps with better versions from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

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In less-than-exciting news, the third installment of The Hobbit – entitled There and Back Again – has been pushed back from its July 2014 release date. Keeping in line with the other five Tolkien adaptations, the film will now hits theaters in December 2014. Deadline reports:

Warner Bros has pushed the release date for The Hobbit: There And Back Again to December 17, 2014 from its original date of July 18, 2014. This is the final film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy adaptation of the JRR Tolkien novel. Hobbit 3 now avoids going up against X-Men: Days Of Future Past and so far is solo in the December 17th spot.

Last night, December 12th, Aidan Turner and girlfriend Sarah Greene hit the green carpet for the London premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Those in attendance included Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Lorraine Ashbourne, James Nesbitt, Prince William, Gok Wan, Graham McTavish, Nick Cave, Ian Holm, Jimmy Carr, Sarah Wilson, Stephen Fry, Ade Adepitan, Antony Cotton, Dougie Poynter, Greg Rutherford, Harry Judd, Tom Fletcher, Bernard Hill, Dermot O’Leary, Jonathan Gill, and Sylvester McCoy — quite impressive!

Empire recently sat down with Aidan Turner to chat about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Although he talks about some things he’s previously touched upon (including dwarf bootcamp), he does get into some details on adapting to a green screen as an actor and how to be “on” at all times even with such a large ensemble cast. Check out an excerpt below before heading to the source for more; it’s also been added to the press archive.

What has Peter been like to work with?
He just laughs a lot and has a good time, you know? And if you hear a little laugh in the tent when you’ve tried something, it’s usually going to stay in the movie. He’s the most generous director that ‘’ve ever worked with; he gives so much to the actors and it’s liberating.

He seems to be upping the comedy this time.
Absolutely, why wouldn’t you: Martin Freeman is absolutely hilarious. Will there be fart and snot gags? Plenty, probably.

Do you think small?
We don’t feel small, and that’s the mission statement for the dwarves. They are small, but they don’t feel it. They’re only four-foot-something, but pack a serious punch. But when they hold up a tennis ball about two metres high for Gandalf’s head, you’re just of, “Holy mother of God…”

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Here’s a nice, long interview featuring Aidan Turner talking to Click TV about all things Hobbit. It’s a little hard to summarize what he talks about since there’s so much said, but he touches a lot on his history with Tolkien and filming the movies in general. At one point, he mentions that archery was part of his dwarf bootcamp and that Orlando Bloom “kicked his ass” with that particular skill set. He also says that it wasn’t uncommon to get lost in The Hobbit sets, considering how rich and magnificently constructed they were.

The Irish Film & Television Network recently sat down to have a chat with The Hobbit star, Aidan Turner. He talks a bit about acting within the supernatural/fantasy genre (as it does seem like something he keeps returning to), having his face in a Denny’s menu, filming against a Ian McKellen versus a tennis ball, and what fans can expect with regards to Kili in the second film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Check out an excerpt below before heading to the source for more; it’s also been added to the press archive.

Aidan, your previous roles have been in period dramas or fantasy series, much like The Hobbit. Is fantasy a genre you feel comfortable in?
It’s supernatural playing a vampire and stuff, I think [The Hobbit] is quite different than a lot of the stuff I’ve done. I don’t think I’ve ever been entirely immersed in a completely different world before – different times, certainly – but a different world not so much, and it was new in that sense obviously with the Lord of the Rings movies I was quite aware of what Middle-earth was and what it was about, so it was a proper thrill.

So you were a fan of The Hobbit and JRR Tolkien’s books before the film?
I was a fan. It’s hard to say you’re a fan when you’re out talking about Tolkien because the fans are fans and are so loyal and so committed, and you suddenly say you’re a fan and you get all these crazy questions and they realise quickly that you’re not a fan; you’re not one of them, you don’t have little elf ears that you stick on at nighttime. I was into the movies like a lot of people.

Are you prepared for that level of fandom now?
It’s weird, we were just talking about Lego figures; Lego figures have just come out and we were given one of them. I think I’m on a hot chocolate in Germany, you know you’ve made it when there’s a menu in Denny’s that has your picture on it.

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On December 9th, Aidan Turner attended the Dublin premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. He was joined by his girlfriend, actress Sarah Greene. Darren Kennedy – an Irish television personality – was also in attendance at the event. There doesn’t yet appear to be much footage from the premiere, but hopefully we can expect more soon. In the meantime, enjoy the images!

What do you do when you have to interview eleven dwarves trying to promote The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at the same time? You have a rapid-fire question session! In this video with VH1, Graham McTavish (Dwalin), Dean O’Gorman (Fili), Aidan Turner (Kili), Mark Hadlow (Dori), Jed Brophy (Nori), Adam Brown (Ori), John Callen (Oin), Peter Hambleton (Gloin), William Kircher (Bifur), James Nesbitt (Bofur), and Stephen Hunter (Bombur) were all given a single question to answer on the panel. Aidan Turner was asked about Andy Serkis’ famous Gollum voice, and he even gives his own impression (with support from his friends).

Edit: Didn’t realize this was U.S.-exclusive. Head over to YouTube if you can’t view the above video!