One of the much-awaited events at the San Diego Comic-con this 2014 is the panel for The Hobbit 3: The Battle of The Five Armies. The director himself, Peter Jackson, will be on hand at the event to talk about the last installment of the popular The Hobbit franchise.

Fans are eagerly awaiting the The Hobbit 3, which is conclusion to the trilogy, after the well-received The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

The full trailer will not be out until October. Jackson himself released an official statement last July 3 through his Facebook account saying that due to the nature of the film and the needed post-production work on it, it will take a bit of time for the trailer to be completed.

The director said, "There will be a Hobbit Trailer. But like the previous two years, it's not going to be released until around Oct. The complex VFX work required to produce the battle shots we're all wanting to see, are simply not far enough along yet."

But the good news is that The Hobbit 3 teaser trailer is finished: "However ... yesterday I finished work on a Teaser Trailer and that has just been delivered to Warner Bros. So no doubt this Teaser Trailer will be making its way into the world sometime soon," the Facebook post said.

According to Indiewire, the teaser is indeed done, and it has already been stamped with a by a 12A rating by the British Board of Film Classification. The reported running time for the teaser is 1 minute and 48 seconds.

There are many speculations that The Hobbit 3 teaser trailer will be unveiled at the San Diego Comic-con, and indeed what better venue than this convention that is famous for its exclusives and surprises.

Meanwhile, to quell the anticipation for The Hobbit 3 teaser traiker, there has been a new image that was released from the film. The photos shows Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and Bard the Bowman (Luke Evans) in what appears to be a very tense, fighting scene.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be released in theaters this December.