Dear Lord of the Ring fans,

"The Hobbit" is coming to Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego (July 12-15).

There will be interviews with Martin Freeman, who plays Bilbo Baggins, Ian McKellan (who plays Gandalf) and famous "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, all from the upcoming film set to release in December of this year, according to Entertainment Weekly.

There will also be previews of exclusive images and on-set scoops from the first movie, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," movie trailer news and sneak peeks.

The classic book, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, will be split into two movies. Jackson drew from a range of Tolkien's writings, adding characters not present in the Hobbit book, including Orlando Bloom's elf Legolas and Cate Blanchett's elves ruler Galadriel.

""In the movie we want these characters to have story lines and a little more substance than they do in the book," Jackson explains. "Almost everything we're doing is from Tolkien somewhere, whether it's in the book or the subsequent development that wasn't published in The Hobbit itself."

"A lot of people weren't even born when we were filming Lord of the Rings and only know the movies from watching them on DVD.... They'll see Middle-earth on the big screen in The Hobbit, and I guarantee there will be a lot of minds blown wide apart," said McKellan.

"The Hobbit" follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins who goes to the Lonely Mountain with a group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure, the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. The book serves as a prequel to the popular "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, according to the Examiner.

Familiar cast members from "The Lord of the Rings" will be in the movie, such as Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo, and Cate Blanchett.

The first installment to the two-part film will set to release December 14, 2012.