In a recent interview, while promoting The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, director Peter Jackson, dished about the extended cut of the movie and how much unreleased footage it would feature.

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Screen Rant reported from one such event, wherein Jackson revealed that there will be a whole lot of extra reel on the extended cut.

"The extended cut, which will be about 30 minutes longer, will have some additional Beorn stuff," Jackson said. Beorn is played by Beorn (Mikael Persbrandt).

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The director also spoke about technicalities which will serve to enhance the viewing experience for fans, specifically addressing the fact that he formatted the movie 48 fps.

"I just think it's a much better way to see films. After the first Hobbit film, I found out a lot of tricks to make it look less like video. I understood the criticisms," he said. "So the second and third movies have a slightly more textured look. I regret more people didn't see them like that. 100 years ago movies were black-and-white, silent, and 16 frames a second. So 100 years from now, what are they going to be now? But you can absolutely guarantee that they're not going to be 24 frames a second and they're not going to be 2D."

The director went on to explain about how there was an urgent need to entice audiences to theater's as the viewing experience at home was getting to be just as good with new technology, and there was the danger of people opting out of watching a movie in the theater.

"And ultimately the audiences for movies are beginning to dwindle that it's becoming a very serious issue for the industry," he added. "The industry has to have the audience in order to make these films. So it's a serious thing - how do you get people to leave their houses and go to the theater? I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more exciting."

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will hit theaters on December 18. 

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