Where Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey End?

Even before it was confirmed that The Hobbit was going to be a trilogy, fans have wondered where the first film -- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- would leave off and the second film would begin.

The One Ring (via /Film) points out the apparent ending of the first film, based on imagery revealed by the new Hobbit movie app. Even though this is a classic book that's been out for nearly 3/4 of a century, we're still going to issue a SPOILER WARNING.

The sites claim that based on the position of the image above in the App's timeline this is the last scene in the first movie.

As /Film explains, this scene is "from about 100 pages into the 270 page book, when Gandalf, Bilbo and the Dwarves pass the Misty Mountains and are confronted by the Wargs and Goblins. They hide, the Eagles save them, they meet up with Beorn and Gandalf leaves. It’s a logical break in the narrative as it’s an action sequence, you’re introduced to a major new character and the story takes a break. ... However, if this indeed is the ending of An Unexpected Journey, there’s still almost 200 pages of book to go with only one movie down. That suggests the third film will include much of the Smaug material, and that each film could be considerably shorter than the Lord of the Rings movies."

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens December 14.

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Jazz: Trump’s Journey Coming to PlayStation Vita

Early in 2012, a quirky game called Jazz: Trump’s Journey came to iOS. We thought it was a pretty good game. And now, thanks to the European PlayStation Blog, we know that Jazz: Trump’s Journey is making its way on to PlayStation Vita.

Aurelie Gerault of developer Egg Ball Games describes the title as one “presenting a daring parallel with the real story of jazz legend Louis Armstrong,” in which “you’ll relive Trump’s life, through his quest to form a jazz group, through his love affair and through his battle against injustice in New Orleans in the early 20th century.”

Jazz: Trump’s Journey is a side-scrolling platformer at heart, and according to Gerault, “no platformer has dealt with this sort of theme before. Egg Ball’s aim was to talk about the creation of jazz and the people responsible.”

For the time being, all we know is that Jazz: Trump’s Journey will be coming to Vita by the end of 2012 in Europe. But its release in other territories remains to be seen. Hopefully we get word on a Stateside release window soon.

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