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鈥淭he Hobbit鈥� director Peter Jackson has some bad news and some good news for fans. On the down side, there won鈥檛 be any presentation at Comic-Con this year. But the good news is that there鈥檚 a new video blog with more behind-the-scenes secrets.聽

Jackson begins the video by explaining why the second film, 鈥淭he Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,鈥� won鈥檛 be a presence at Comic-Con (the convention held in San Diego) this year. Last year, Jackson and some of his cast members attended and presented new footage at the convention.

鈥淲e鈥檙e still shooting and we鈥檙e going to be shooting through the period of Comic-Con鈥� there wasn鈥檛 really anybody available, I can鈥檛 go,鈥� Jackson said.

The director says he also discounts the possibility of sending video footage of the new film to the convention because of his own busy schedule.

鈥淚鈥檓 so busy shooting, working six days a week trying to get these pick-ups done, that every hour that I spend focusing on a really great reel for Comic-Con 鈥� would be hours spent away from the vital job of making the second and third 鈥楬obbit鈥� films as cool as they can possibly be,鈥� Jackson says.

The blog begins with a clip from the film in which wizards Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and Radagast the Brown (Sylvester McCoy) are discussing recent events.

鈥淕andalf, if what you say is true, the world is in grave danger,鈥� McCoy tells McKellen.

Most of the video shows behind-the-scenes work, including crew members greeting each other enthusiastically as everyone arrives for the pick-up shooting. Footage also shows crews taking covers off sets and going through props.

Stunt coordinator Glenn Boswell looks on with amusement as some of the actors, including three who play the dwarves, Dean O鈥橤orman (Fili), Graham McTavish (Dwalin), and Stephen Hunter (Bombur), reunite with hugs and claps on the back.

鈥淗ugs and kisses, and then we can do some fighting,鈥� he says.

Jackson notes that the big war scene, known as the Battle of the Five Armies, that will be coming up in the third film.

鈥淲e are putting our dwarves through a very extensive training regime,鈥� he says. 鈥淭hey have to be fighting fit for that battle, and so they鈥檙e working very hard at the moment.鈥澛�

Footage of the dwarves with their fake hair and beards attached, topped with sweatbands, follow, with the actors doing goofy 鈥�80s-style aerobicizing.

The struggles of the extras department to cast people for large scenes are also documented.聽

鈥淥ut of the thirty elves we had, I have about two,鈥� says extras casting director Victoria Beynon.

Actress Evangeline Lilly, who plays elf Tauriel, appears for the first time as part of a scene with Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and McKellen.

鈥淟egolas Greenleaf,鈥� McKellen greets Bloom in character, then looked over at Lilly. 鈥淎nd you鈥�.鈥�

鈥淗i,鈥� Lilly tells him.

鈥淲elcome to the film,鈥� says McKellen.