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Peter Jackson celebrates the end of The Hobbit filming with his cat, Mr Smudge.

After spending 15 years bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's vision to the big screen in New Zealand, Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson celebrated the last shot of the final film in The Hobbit trilogy, There And Back Again, by cuddling with his cat, Mr Smudge.

"1.14am. Back with Mr Smudge. A long day. A great day. Thank you all for being part of it! Now for some sleep!", Jackson wrote on his Facebook page last Friday morning.

A screen capture of Peter Jackson's Facebook page.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker has been making good use of social media since returning to Middle-earth to direct The Hobbit trilogy. Much to fans' delight, Jackson has regularly released video production diaries, behind-the-scenes set photos, and even creative viral videos with the stars of his beloved franchise.

Three weeks ago, he celebrated Orlando Bloom's final day on set as Legolas with a self-parody of a fan-made YouTube video that remixes the actor delivering the line, "They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard."

That video has over eight million views.

In another delightful embrace of his passionate following, Jackson uploaded a video titled, Happy Elves, which features Bloom, Lee Pace and Evangeline Lilly reacting to two fans. With his videos regularly attracting over 500,000 viewers, and his photos garnering thousands upon thousands of Likes, while hundreds more choose to share them across other social-media platforms, it's fair to say that Jackson has mastered the medium.

With The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey grossing over US$1bil (RM3.1bil) worldwide, there's plenty of proof that the self-marketing strategy is paying off, too.

Jackson continued sharing the experience of making his cinematic babies up until the end on Thursday evening. He took to Facebook to share "the last shot" of his final Tolkien adaptation, The Hobbit: There And Back Again – "10.32 pm. 4 or 5 takes so far," Jackson wrote with the picture. "No, wait ... Done! While I was typing this, we shot more takes and finished! Richard was fantastic. Splinter almost done. Minutes away. Smiles and happiness... And sadness. Yikes, very sad."

Before sharing his joy of being reunited with Mr Smudge, Jackson also reiterated just how much of his life was spent working six Hobbit movies. "1.08 am. A 20 hour day ... 15 years of Tolkien ... 771 days of shooting. ... And we arrive home exhausted, to a house full of teenagers! It's going to be a long night!" — Reuters

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Selasa, 30 Julai 2013

The Star Online: Entertainment: Movies

The Star Online: Entertainment: Movies

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