The Hobbit: Titles & Release Dates

Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” films now have release dates and official titles.

The first, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” will arrive in theaters on December 14, 2012, according to Variety. The second half of the two-part adaptation is called “The Hobbit: There and Back Again” and will bow a year later nearly to the date on December 13, 2013.

Production began in Middle Earth (New Zealand) in March.