(Cover) - EN Movies - Peter Jackson has told Hobbit fans there are a "huge amount of wonderful locations" still to be discovered in the upcoming fantasy.

The 49-year-old moviemaker is helming upcoming two-part epic The Hobbit, which will be a prequel to the acclaimed Lord of the Rings franchise.

Peter likes to keep his fans up-to-date with all the latest Hobbit news, and has posted another of his celebrated video blogs. The first part of the epic, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, has been filming recently and Peter has been discussing how excited he is about the various movie settings.

"There's plenty of New Zealand that we haven't seen yet. I think people think it's such a small country, and in Lord of the Rings we saw so much of it, that we must have seen everything, but, believe me, we haven't. There's a huge amount of wonderful locations still to come," he beamed in the blog.

Location manager Jared Connon also took the time to discuss the various settings that will be used. He is equally as excited about the new scenery film fans will discover.

"We're shooting locations around the Mackenzie Country, round wilder landscapes below Mount Cook. And we will also be shooting around Dunedin way. More beautiful stone, rock you know, wild country. And that's quite exciting because it's an area of Middle-earth we haven't visited before," he enthused.

The first Hobbit movie is set for release in December 2012. (C) Cover Media