New Teaser Trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Lord of the Rings series proved to be an epic trilogy that not only set a new bar for VFX across movies, but it also saw a wide range of new technology and techniques to conquer those epic shots. For example, MARI began as an in-house texture tool for Weta and no doubt saw quite a bit of development during The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Fast forward a decade and we have a new epic trilogy set in Middle-earth that is once again setting a high bar for VFX. That is, of course, the tale of The Hobbit. While only time will tell what cool technology and techniques will come in the wake of The Hobbit trilogy, for now sit back and enjoy the first teaser trailer for The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies that was just released by Warner Brothers: