Packed with exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs, this official illustrated guide tells the detailed story of the making of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, directed by New Zealand's Peter Jackson.

Enter Bilbo Baggins’ world through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and all the principal cast and filmmakers, who share film-making secrets and tales of what it was actually like making movie magic in Middle-earth.

Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos of the actors, locations, sets, creatures and costumes, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide has been produced in collaboration with the filmmakers who have brought J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novel into breathtaking three-dimensional life.

This is a real ‘behind the scenes’ look at the making of the movie. With plenty of interviews with the cast and crew, actors in and out of make-up, props, sets, technical details about effects, costumes and the like. Extraordinary details that give you a genuine insight into the work that the creative team did to put this film together.

Author Biography

BRIAN SIBLEY is a writer and broadcaster with a life-long interest in fantasy books and cinema. His fascination with J.R.R. Tolkien's work led to his critically-acclaimed BBC radio dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings. Brian's subsequent radio dramas included several of Tolkien's short novels under the title Tales from the Perilous Realm, as well as of books by C.S. Lewis, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl and Mervyn Peake, winning the prestigious Sony Radio Award and the 2012 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Dramatisation. His books on film subjects include bestselling titles on Disney, Aardman, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, as well as the official biography of Peter Jackson.