The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Preview

I was just going through Twitter one Sunday morning when I saw a promo from Odyssey for a sneak peak to the sequel of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey which is (drum roll please) The Desolation of Smaug (pronounced as 'Smwaa-gh' and not 'smog' as I initially thought) the prize of the promo was an access code to a Worldwide live event (live streaming) which would be hosted by none other than Peter Jackson himself. 

The live streaming will feature behind the scenes production for 'The Desolation of Smaug' which is the second installment to The Hobbit trilogy and which will be released in theaters in December. Peter Jackson will also be answering questions from fans and other special guests. 

In order to get an access code to the exclusive event you have to answer the question- When danger is near, Bilbo's sword glows to what color?, (which is technically wrong, since Sting- the sword glows specifically when Orcs and Goblins are near- but that's just me being, nit picky)-anyways! you have to be one of the first 12 to get the right answer by commenting on the photo which appeared on Odyssey's facebook page. I immediately answered BLUE! all caps and was lucky enough to be part of the 12 ^_^. 

My access code was sent as a Private Message on my Facebook account. 

The Worldwide Live Event was going to be live streamed at 8:00 AM March 25, 2013 from New Zealand, which is at 3:00AM in Manila and for other countries was still at March 24, 2013, (3PM Eastern/Noon Pacific).

Paul and I eagerly anticipated the live streaming and at 3:00AM sharp- viola! Peter Jackson was in front of us! :D 

I took some screenshots of the live streaming ^_^ 

Peter Jackson showing his favorite weapon from the LORT series - Theoden's sword. 

The Live streaming started with Peter Jackson greeting fans a good morning all the way from New Zealand, it's 8:00AM where he is and God knows what time from where his audience was watching. (In our case it was 3AM) Peter, showed a newspaper from New Zealand showing the date as March 25, 2013 and the result of a cricket match. 

Peter then proceeded to showing the studio where all the pre-production, post-production and editing was done (in other words) where the magic happens. 

Peter showed the audience, framed movie posters which were hung on the studio's walls, there were a lot of James Bond Movies, he also shared his early love for military aviation.