In the latest issue of Empire Magazine (5 covers to left) that is now out on newstands, Peter Jackson revealed the running time of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as about 2 hours 40 minutes. It might change by a few minutes once visual effects and credit scroll is completed.

“It’s looking like it’s going to be about ten minutes shorter than Fellowship was,” explains Jackson. “So it’s going to be officially our shortest Middle-earth yet. I mean, Fellowship was just under three hours and this is about 2 hours 40 minutes at the moment.” The “at the moment” refers to the fact that the credits hadn’t yet been added and not all effects shots finalised when we spoke to Jackson, but it’s going to be close.

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