Warner Bros. refutes: the new format of the "hobbit" does not cause dizziness

Warner Bros company. He denies that the film "Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), shown in New Zealand in a new format of 48 frames per second, causes nausea and dizziness during viewing, reports RIA" Novosti " with reference to the Variety film Islamicizer.

The other day, the British publication of The Sunday Times published information from anonymous spectators, one of whom experienced a strong dizziness after the New Zealand premiere , where the “hobbit: an unexpected journey” was shown in a new format with a frequency of 48 frames per second, and the other said that the sensations from the film are comparable to “American hills”.

Representatives of Warner Bros. At the same time, they emphasized that they showed a picture in this format for various focus groups, and none of the thousands of people who looked at the picture had nausea and dizziness.

The company also noted that in a format with a frequency of 48 frames per second the film will be shown only in some territories, the rest of the audience will be offered a regular format - 24 frames per second.

The first part of Peter Jackson’s film trilogy “Hobbit: Unexpected Journey” will be released on December 14.

The action of the movie trilogy unfolds in the Middle -earth 60 years before the events of the Lord of the Rings. All three parts of the "hobbit" will be made in 3D format. The script for the film was written by Fran Walsh, Philip Boyers, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro. Peter Jackson also became one of the producers of the tape.

The actors who were already known for the “Lord of the Rings” starred in the “Hobbit”: Orlando Bloom played the elf Legolas, Kate Blanchett again became the elven Queen Galadriel, Jan Mackellen remained Gandalf, and Elijah Wood Frodo. The protagonist Bilbo Begins was played by Martin Freeman, known for the role of Dr. Watson in the series BBC "Sherlock Holmes".

In the Russian rental, the film "Hobbit: Unexpected Journey" will be released on December 19.