To coincide with the release of the Extended Edition Blu-ray of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, we’ve been given this exclusive featurette to share with the world! The featurette shows a little of the magic created on the set of The Hobbit using both CG and amazing Production Design climaxing with a behind the scenes look at the Lake Town. It truly is astonishing the level of detail that the designers go to make what we see on-screen look so real. You’ll see what we mean when you watch the clip below.

The extended edition of the second movie in The Hobbit franchise is set for release on 3rd November. Click here to pre-order your copy.

Check out our exclusive featurette below and don’t forget the third and final part of the trilogy (The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies) hits cinemas 12th December.

Below the featurette is a list of what you can expect to see on the new edition (It’s rather extensive!). Not bad eh?!

The Hobbit The Desolation of SmaugExtended version of the second of three epic instalments in director Peter Jackson’s prequel to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. Set in Middle-Earth 60 years before events in ‘The Lord of the Rings’, the story follows the adventures of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the Lonely Mountain from the clutches of Smaug the dragon (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch). In this film, while Gandalf heads south on his own, Bilbo, Thorin and the Dwarves enter the treacherous Mirkwood Forest on their way to the mountain. When they reach Lake-town Bilbo will have to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest – to find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of the dragon…

Extra Content Includes
  • The Appendices Part 9: In To The Wilderland (Disc Header Only)
  • Into The Wilderland: The Chronicles Of The Hobbit – Part 2 (Section Header Only)
  • Opening (Into The Wilderland: The Chronicles Of The Hobbit – Part 2)
  • A Warm Welcome – Lake-Town – February 2012
  • Business Of The State – The Master’s Chambers – August 2011
  • Shelter On The Long Lake – Bard’s House – September 2011
  • In The Halls Of The ElvenKing – The Woodland Realm- September 2011
  • Flies And Spiders – Mirkwood Forest – Spetember-October 2011
  • Queer Lodgings – Beorn’s House – November 2011/March 2012
  • On The Doorstep – The Lonely Mountain – February 2012
  • Inside Information – Smaug’s Lair – March 2012
  • Down The Swift Dark Stream… – The Forest River – December 2011
  • Credits (Into The Wilderland: The Chronicles Of The Hobbit – Part 2)
  • The Appendices Part 9: Into The Wilderland (Continued) (Disc Header)
  • The Appendices Part 9 (Continued): Into The Wilderland: The Chronicles Of The Hobbit – Part 2
  • Barrels Out Of Bond – The Elven Sluice – May-June 2012
  • A Chance Meeting – Bree – May 2013
  • Erebor Rekindled – The Dwarf-Forges – July 2013
  • … Into The Fire (Into The Wilderland: The Chronicles Of The Hobbit – Part 2)
  • The Appendices Part 10: The Journey To Erebor (Section Header Only)
  • Summoning Smaug: Last Of The Fire-Drakes (Section Header Only)
  • The Last And First Dragon (Summoning Smaug: Last Of The Fire-Drakes)
  • Conversations with Smaug Summoning (Smaug: Last Of The Fire-Drakes)
  • Into The Dragon’s Lair (Summoning Smaug: Last Of The Fire-Drakes)
  • The Music Of The Hobbit (Section Header Only)
  • Overture: Music Of The Wilderland (The Music Of The Hobbit)
  • 1st Movement: The World Of Men (The Music Of The Hobbit)
  • 2nd Movement: In The Halls Of Erebor (The Music Of The Hobbit)
  • The Appendices Part 10: The Journey To Erebor (Continued) (Section Header Only)
  • The Peoples And Denziens Of Middle-earth (Section Header Only)
  • Beorn: The Shape-shifter (The Peoples And Denziens Of Middle-earth)
  • The Spawn of Ungoliant (The Peoples And Denziens Of Middle-earth)
  • The Men Of Lake-town (The Peoples And Denziens Of Middle-earth)
  • Realms Of The Third Age: From Beorn’s House To Lake-town (Section Header Only)
  • Beorn’s House (Realms Of The Third Age: From Beorn’s House To Lake-town)
  • Mirkwood Forest (Realms Of The Third Age: From Beorn’s House To Lake-town)
  • The Woodland Realm (Realms Of The Third Age: From Beorn’s House To Lake-town)
  • Lake-town (Realms Of The Third Age: From Beorn’s House To Lake-town)
  • Credits

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition is available on Digital HD now and released on Blu-ray 3D TM and DVD from 3rd November 2014.