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Peter Jackson Confirms No ‘Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ At Comic-Con, Too Busy Finishing Sequels

JEN YAMATO

July 1, 2013 at 5:31 PM

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In his latest production diary from the set of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, Peter Jackson reveals that the Tolkien sequel won’t be at this month’s Comic-Con at all. Last year he popped up to court fans with 12 minutes of The Hobbit screened in 2D at 24 FPS — a careful choice following his disastrous 48 FPS Cinema-Con first-look. Today he explains he’s too busy finishing December 13′s Smaug and 2014′s The Hobbit: There And Back Again to even put together a sizzle reel for Warner Bros:

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