It was a long road for The Hobbit, with MGM’s problematic financial issues being the main reason of the stall, but the two-part film has finally wrapped principal photography. To help commemorate such a momentous occasion Peter Jackson has sent us a bit of a tease. Check out the full image below.

The photo was posted on Facebook, and as you can see, it was a pretty stressful shoot. I’m not stirring up rumors, just saying that it was a very lengthy production. But here is what Jackson had to say about wrapping principal photography for The Hobbit.

The latest video blog from the production of the two-part adaptation of The Hobbit is now online. You can watch it here below.

After the exhaustive location shoot filming of The Hobbit moves to Stone Street Studios, the former paint factory in Wellington, New Zealand that was converted into a film studio for the production of director Peter Jackson‘s original Lord of the Rings trilogy. This video takes us on a tour of the Stone Street facility from the various offices and workshops to the studio’s many soundstages. We get to meet many of the assistants, secretaries, costumers, artists, craftsmen (and women), and effects personnel who are working their hardest to help The Hobbit live up to the promise of Jackson’s groundbreaking blockbuster fantasy trilogy.

Some new pictures from the set of Peter Jackson‘s adaptation of The Hobbit have made their way to the ‘net, and they’re worth a peek.

Usually after official images and a trailer have been released for a movie, set pics mean very little. But for fans of Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy who are eager for the new movie, these new images offer a bird’s eye view of the farm where Hobbiton was built, including Bilbo Baggins’ Bag End residence. As you might already know, it’s quite the beautiful area.

Check out the images below.

The sixth video production blog from The Hobbit has been released and you can watch it here below.

Now that filming at the Hobbiton set has wrapped director Peter Jackson and his hale and hearty cast and crew have taken the production to even more scenic locales in New Zealand, which has no shortage of gorgeous scenery. Andy Serkis, obviously returning as Gollum, is also enjoying his new job on the shoot as second unit director and gets to go up in a helicopter to film scenic footage… in 3D!

Though production began long ago and we already have a wonderful first trailer to watch (a couple hundred times…per day), director Peter Jackson still had some casting to get done for his two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien‘s beloved classic, The Hobbit.

It’s being reported that Jackson has brought in Billy Connolly as the final addition to the cast. He’ll play the great dwarf warrior and cousin to Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), Dain Ironfoot.