The long-awaited trailer for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit made its debut tonight on Apple trailers. (Watch it there in HD.)

This means a great deal to us at RED. Jackson is shooting the film in 48 frames per second 3D on his 48 RED EPICs. And even more than that, Jackson took to RED cameras from our beginnings and his support has bolstered us.

Jim explained yesterday on REDUSER.net:

"It is hard to describe how important this is for RED, and to me personally."
"Peter embraced RED from the beginning. He invited us to New Zealand to test our RED ONE prototypes and to shoot "something" for NAB. That something turned out to be gathering an army and shooting Crossing the Line."
"The Hobbit is destined to be (no words capable to describe)..."
"How proud are we to have taken our camera concept to the ultimate cinema experience? Incredibly so... this is the big one."

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens on December 14, 2012.