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The second film of the series premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on 2 December 2013. 100,000 people lined the red carpet on Courtenay Place, and the entire event was broadcast live on television in New Zealand and streamed over the Internet.

The first film in the trilogy premiered at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington on 28 November 2012.

Returning for production, among others, were illustrators John Howe and Alan Lee, art director Dan Hennah, cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, and composer Howard Shore, while props were again crafted by Weta Workshop, with visual effects managed by Weta Digital. The films also feature Manu Bennett, Sylvester McCoy, Mikael Persbrandt, Lawrence Makoare, and Stephen Fry. The films feature an ensemble cast that includes James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace and Luke Evans, with several actors reprising their roles from The Lord of the Rings, including Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, and Andy Serkis. The films expand upon certain elements from the novel and other source material, such as Gandalf's investigation at Dol Guldur which leads him to the Necromancer, and the heroes' pursuit by the orcs Azog and Bolg, who seek vengeance against Thorin and his kindred. The films take place in the fictional world of Middle-earth sixty years before the beginning of The Lord of the Rings and follow hobbit Bilbo Baggins ( Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf the Grey ( Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield ( Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug ( Benedict Cumberbatch). The screenplays were written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, who was originally chosen to direct before his departure from the project.

Together they act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Tolkien, with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to The Return of the King, which expand on the story told in The Hobbit, as well as new material and characters written especially for the films. The films are based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. The films are subtitled An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). The Hobbit is a series of three epic high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey instal the last version for ipod