Does anyone know if this is a remake of the 2001 game?

The news post says at the end that it's not a remake.

Thank you. should have read more carefully

I like how it says this on the game description:

"(not to be confused with FFG's previous release of the same name)"

Exact same name by the exact same company. No, why would we ever get that confused? :/

Snarks aside, I'm looking forward to the game. Smells like a mashup of Lord of the Rings and Beowulf:The Legend plus some dice,

Perhaps a remake of the I.C.E game from the 80's... or was that the 90's? Sounds very similar.

No. I own the Iron Crown game, not at all like this one. Not sure which I like more but they are very different.

How many different board games named "The Hobbit" have there been? I don't know which one I played back in the early 90s but at the time I kind of liked it. I only vaguely remember it, don't remember what the box looked like or anything...