Air New Zealand Hobbit safety video: 'The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made'

Safety is fantasy in Air New Zealand's latest Hobbit star-studded in-flight safety video, directed by Taika Waititi.

Air New Zealand has today released its new safety video which, weighing in at more than four-and-a-half-minutes, has been aptly titled The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made.


And in it, Sir Peter Jackson has jumped to the other side of the camera, taking an acting role - albeit playing the role of a director.

And Waititi, as he likes to do, has cast himself in a starring role, this time as a young and safety-conscious eagle-riding Gandalf the wizard.

The video also features Hobbit stars Elijah Wood, Dean O'Gorman, and Sylvester McCoy, as well as Weta Workshop co-founder Sir Richard Taylor, who gets dwarfed inside a giant airline seat.