Santa Monica, CA, – If you loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy then prepare to be hooked on The Hobbit with two films being released over the next two years. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of two films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, will be released on December 14, 2012, in Canada with the second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, slated for the following December.