Hobbit mania has officially kicked off.<br/> <br />Director Peter Jackson joined actors from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug via satellite for a live worldwide fan event.<br/> <br />Jackson, who was in New Zealand, told fans shooting the film was intense.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Peter Jackson, director<br/> <br />"I mean normally in a film you have quiet scenes and you have climactic scenes and it sort of all evens itself out but this was like 10 weeks of pretty intense stuff."<br/> <br />Fanatics not only expressed their excitement but also wore it all over.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Renee Graham, Hobbit fan, saying (English):<br/> <br />"Just letting us be a part of it, it's so cool."<br/> <br />Orlando Bloom and Richard Armitage were in New York, Evangeline Lilly held down things in Los Angeles and Andy Serkis, Lee Pace and Luke Evans greeted fans in London.<br/> <br />During the hour-long event, diehards were treated to roughly 20 minutes of exclusive clips from the highly anticipated film scheduled for release on December 13.
