Peter Jackson has said that he won't show a preview of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at this year's Comic-Con.
The director took to Facebook to put squash speculation that a sneak peek of the highly anticipated movie would be played to fans.
He wrote: "We won't be doing any Hobbit presentation at Comic-Con in San Diego this year.
"New Line and Warner Bros were very happy to support a presentation, but I declined, simply because I felt it was too early. There's so much more of the films still to shoot.
"I just wanted to get that out there, because I've seen various references to the possibility of something Hobbity at Comic-Con. [I] hate to disappoint anyone. But something tells me we will be there in force next year."
The Hobbit movies will star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and includes Lord of the Rings stars Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis, Sir Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett.
The first movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is scheduled for release in December 2012.