Peter Jackson believes that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will not pick up many major Oscar nominations.
Jackson is back in the director's chair as he returns audiences to Middle Earth for the first time in almost a decade with The Hobbit.
And while there is much excitement surrounding the movie he doesn't believe the film will enjoy the Oscar success of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly the filmmaker said: "I think we've got great possibilities in the below-the-line categories [at the Oscars]. Above the line, I don't think so much.
"I wish it was a year where we could celebrate Ian McKellen as supporting actor, or Martin Freeman - or Andy Serkis, for that matter - as a supporting actor."
"The acting awards seem to elude us, at least for these types of films. I don't know why."
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