The Hobbit gets green-light and announces February start

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

So when's the planned release date?
And hopefully not in 3d.

December 2012 for the first film, it seems.

The difference between 3D and normal is that if they're doing it in 3D from the start, they'll probably do some silly camera tricks that are supposed to look cool in 3D but are really quite awkward. Well, it's their problem not ours - I probably only want to see the traditional version (assuming I decide to watch the movie in the first place, not so sure about that yet).