Peter Jackson's New 'Hobbit' Trilogy Premieres Wednesday

The star-thudded cast of Peter Jackson's new trilogy 'The Hobbit' held a press conference at London's Claridge's hotel on Tuesday. The trilogy's first chapter, titled 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', premieres Wednesday.

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SHOTLIST: LONDON, DECEMBER 11, 2012. SOURCE: AFPTV -Press conference underway SOUNDBITE 1 Peter Jackson (man), director (English, 12 sec): "It is a time when cinema audiences are dwindling, they're going down, and I think as an industry we have to be looking at what we can do to increase and enhance the experience of going to a cinema." -VAR of the press conference SOUNDBITE 2 Peter Jackson (man), director (English, 26 sec): "I think we should look at the technology we have available and say how we can make the experience more immersive, more magical, more spectacular, because it's not just the movie, it's the occasion of going out with friends into a room full of stangers, a dark room and seeing this huge image on a screen with incredible picture and incredible sound, and being transported into an escapist piece of entertainment. That's what I love about cinema." -VAR of the press conference SOUNDBITE 3 Sir Ian McKellen (man), actor, 'Gandalf' (English, 17 sec): "Cruelly, you are actually not in the same space while you're filming the same scene, there are two cameras recording me large, and the dwarves smaller, and then by film magic that I don't understand the two pictures are put together, it's absolutely magical when you see it." -VAR of the press conference SOUNDBITE 4 Martin Freeman (man), actor, 'Bilbo Baggins' (English, 23 sec): "I didn't think I was going to be able to do the Hobbit, the fact that I could do both [Hobbit and Sherlock Holmes] was fantastic. As for tips for up and coming, in all honesty I've never asked for any, and I've never given any, I wouldn't know what to say other than… just follow your dreams [laughs]." -VAR of the press conference -------------------------------------------- NO AFP TEXT STORY