Weekend Movie Update – Dec. 14, 2012: Return of 'The Hobbit'

Posted By on December 12, 2012

Director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) is ready to take you back to Middle-earth, as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives in theaters this week, while The Pioneer hosts the final Twilight.

Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of Dec. 14, 2012!

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Following four hugely successful films, the popular Twilight Saga teen vampire franchise concludes with Breaking Dawn Part 2 (rated PG13), opening at the historic Pioneer Theatre in Manteo, starting this Friday for a one week run.

Kristen Stewart sees red in 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2'.

Kristen Stewart sees red in ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2’.

Starring Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman), you can watch the official trailer using the player below!

Bilbo, Gandalf, and Gollum are all back on the big screen in this week’s only new release, the first part of Peter Jackson’s prequel trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (rated PG13), premiering Thursday night at midnight and opening Friday at KDH Movies 10 in Kill Devil Hills.

Martin Freeman is Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'.

Martin Freeman is Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’.

The epic fantasy based on the JRR Tokien novel stars Martin Freeman (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) as Bilbo Baggins, along with Lord of the Rings alumni Ian McKellen (X-Men), Andy Serkis (King Kong), Cate Blanchett (Robin Hood) , Hugo Weaving (The Matrix), Christopher Lee (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones), Elijah Wood (Sin City), and Ian Holm (Alien), who originally played the older version of Bilbo in the Rings films.

Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen return to Middle-earth in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'.

Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen return to Middle-earth in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’.

Richard Armitage (Captain America) heads an assortment of new cast members as the dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield, long with Ken Stott (King Arthur), Graham McTavish (Rambo), and James Nesbitt (Bloody Sunday).

You can watch the official theatrical announcement trailer for The Hobbit in the player below!

Click on the link for additional listings and showtimes.

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The Hobbit - Gollum poster

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Posted by Matt Artz

Matt Artz was a lead reporter and photographer for 'The Coastland Times' newspaper from 2000 to 2009, and has been published in the Outer Banks Sentinel, North Beach Sun, Outer Banks Milepost, among others, before launching OBX Entertainment, NC Film News, and Halloween Daily News in 2012. Matt and Sue Artz are also the founders of the annual Outer Banks Halloween Parade and the Halloween International Film Festival.

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