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"The Hobbit co-writer Philippa Boyens has defended the decision to make a trilogy of films. Boyens, who also co-wrote all three Lord of the Rings films with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, told SFX that &amp;quot;the story of The Hobbit is not all told in The Hobbit&amp;quot;.   Although there is only one Hobbit book to adapt, Boyens confirmed that she, Jackson and Walsh will use material from JRR Tolkien&amp;#039;s Lord of the Rings appendices.  &amp;quot;Professor Tolkien went back and revisited his own storytelling,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;Some of this story is actually told in the appendices to The Return of the King.  &amp;quot;He expanded on a lot of things there and we chose to draw upon those, to reshape some of The Hobbit -\u00C2\u00A0but only so we could encompass and explain things.&amp;quot; Boyens went on to offer Gandalf&amp;#039;s story as an example, saying: &amp;quot;Gandalf suddenly disappears off into the blue! Quite often! No explanation in the original book. You can&amp;#039;t do that in a film, people want to know where Gandalf has gone.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Elijah Wood on &amp;#039;The Hobbit&amp;#039;: &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s a very different kind of story&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Peter Jackson discuses &amp;#039;Hobbit&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Lord of the Rings&amp;#039; comparisons The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 13 in the UK, and December 14 in the US.  Watch the trailer below:  Photo gallery - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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