( CNN ) -- Here 's an airline safety video passengers might actually watch . Air New Zealand has published another in its recent series of `` Hobbit '' -themed videos , complete with cameos by director Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood , star of the `` Lord of the Rings '' trilogy . The slick , 4-minute clip , cheekily titled `` The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made , '' features costumed figures from the `` Hobbit '' movies cavorting in a mountainous Middle-earth like setting while urging passengers to buckle seat belts , use oxygen masks and so on . Shot in New Zealand , the video also is a not-so-subtle plug for the third and final film in Jackson 's `` Hobbit '' trilogy -- `` The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies , '' set for worldwide release in December . It 's also latest example of a creative push by airlines to make in-flight safety videos more entertaining so that passengers wo n't ignore them . Delta , for example , released a playful , '80s-themed video in January , its fourth new safety video in two years . Air New Zealand 's first `` Hobbit '' -themed video two years ago earned almost 12 million views on YouTube . .
Air New Zealand ' ` ` Hobbit '' -themed safety video . It features Liam Gallagher , Elijah Wood . Four - minute video was shot on location in New Zealand .