{"id":25988,"date":"2012-11-27T16:08:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T06:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25988"},"modified":"2012-11-27T16:08:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T06:08:20","slug":"hobbits-are-bigger-in-imax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25988","title":{"rendered":"Hobbits are bigger in IMAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>The first instalment of Peter Jackson\u2019s latest trilogy blockbuster, <em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D, <\/em>heads to IMAX Melbourne Museum this Boxing Day.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey <\/em>will be presented in stunning IMAX 3D on the World\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Largest Screen, allowing the grand scale of such an epic fantasy adventure to truly unfold.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cAudiences will be immersed in the wonder of Middle-earth on our giant screen\u201d, said Richard Morrison, IMAX Melbourne Museum General Manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already experienced strong demand for tickets since they went on sale on November 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u201d, said Morrison. \u201cWe expect sessions to start selling out soon.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D <\/em>is<em> <\/em>adapted from the enduringly popular masterpiece <em>The Hobbit<\/em>, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The second film in the trilogy, <em>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/em> will be released at IMAX Melbourne Museum on 26 December 2013 and the third, <em>The Hobbit: There And Back Again<\/em> on 18 July, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The trilogy is set 60 years before <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> trilogy and follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of 13 dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to <em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D<\/em> are now on sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26 December, 2012 <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IMAX Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens<\/p>\n<p>Discounted undercover parking available, $15 before 5pm, $5 after 5pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>$26.50 adult, $22.50 concession, $19.00 child, $78 family (2 adults &amp; 2 children)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enquires:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>03 9663 5454 <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bookings: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imaxmelbourne.com.au\">www.imaxmelbourne.com.au<\/a> or at the box office<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 165 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For regular updates join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imaxmelbourne.com.au\/index.aspx\">IMAX Melbourne Museum<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?#\/pages\/Melbourne-Australia\/IMAX-Melbourne\/31567414910?ref=ts\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/IMAXMelbourne\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/imaxmelbourne\">Youtube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/113396355267992104864\/113396355267992104864\/posts#113396355267992104864\/posts\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first instalment of Peter Jackson\u2019s latest trilogy blockbuster, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D, heads to IMAX Melbourne Museum this Boxing Day.\u00a0\u00a0 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be presented in stunning IMAX 3D on the World\u2019s 3rd Largest Screen, allowing the grand scale of such an epic fantasy adventure to truly unfold. \u201cAudiences<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25988\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movietv-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25989,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25988\/revisions\/25989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}