A welcome return to Middle Earth, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a slighter adventure than any instalment of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, but is still blessed with universally strong performances, including Martin Freeman in the title role.

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Rolling Stone’s Ultimate Guide to Hobbit, on sale November 23rd, contains exclusive interviews with Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis and more; plus never before seen concept drawings from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – this book will be your guide to Middle-earth.

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Martin Freeman with Andy Serkis, Phillippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Sir Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage, photographed post panel for The Hobbit at San Diego Comic Con, exclusively for Entertainment Weekly.

SDCC 2012: Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis and Richard Armitage signing for The Hobbit

A nice selection of pictures via Warner Bros’ Instagram feed of Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis and Richard Armitage signing autogaphs at the Warner Bros Booth on the San Diego Comic Con show floor this afternoon, before The Hobbit panel presentation in Hall H.

News comes from theonering.net that Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage and Andy Serkis are scheduled to be signing autographs at the Warner Bros booth on the San Diego Comic Con show floor this Saturday July 14 at 11:15PDT until 12:00PDT, before the start of the Warner Bros panel in Hall H beginning at 14:30PDT where The Hobbit forms the final part of the studio’s presentation.

If you aren’t able to get into Hall H in the afternoon [we’re hearing queues for events in the venue are forming already!] this is by far your second best chance to see some of the major cast of The Hobbit at Comic Con this year!

The Hobbit in Entertainment Weekly

”I don’t think I’m particularly hobbit-y,’’ says Martin Freeman. ”But I do like comfort and I’m quite private, so in those ways, maybe I am.”

This week’s Entertainment Weekly features The Hobbit extensively, in the lead up to San Diego Comic Con. As well as being featured on the cover there are plenty of new images from the film in a gallery on the website, filled with quotes.

Read more about the issue contents here.

From theonering.net:

Warner Bros. today announced what has been suspected and rumored: the studio is bringing “The Hobbit,” to the San Diego Comic-Con in a big way. Most surprising is just how big as director Peter Jackson, producer and co-screenwriter Phillipa Boyens, actor and director Andy Serkis along with featured actors Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage are all expected at the Saturday, July 14 Comic-Con panel in Hall H hosted by Warner Bros.

Read more over at theonering.net. Exact panel timings are expected to be published shortly.

UPDATE:

Timings have now been revealed for The Hobbit panel. It forms the third and final part of the Warner Bros presentation in Hall H on Saturday July 14, beginning at 14:30PDT and scheduled to finish at 17:00PDT. The Hobbit panel follows the panels for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’ and the new Superman film ‘The Man of Steel’, so to see The Hobbit panel, you have to attend the entire Warners Bros panel. Due to the ‘world’s first premiere footage’ from all three films, this is widely expected to be one of the most popular panels of the entire four days of Comic Con - be there early for a chance to get in!

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