Once we get past the superheroes of the summer, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is surely the most anticipated movie left in the release year by you readers. A handful of international territories will get to see The Hobbit on December 12-13, followed by the December 14 release here in the U.S. Director Peter Jackson announced that the world premiere will be hosted at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand a couple weeks earlier on November 28. Jackson remarked [via Variety]:

“We cannot think of a more perfect way to send The Hobbit off into the world than to celebrate with a huge party here in Wellington, where the journey began.”

Unless you are a very special Kiwi, I don’t know how you’ll get in the door—but it is hypothetically possible you could see this in November. Hit the jump for more on The Hobbit.

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