Bilbo becomes separated from the Dwarves and falls into a crevice where he encounters Gollum, who unknowingly drops a golden ring. They take refuge in a cave and are captured by Goblins, who take them to their leader, the Great Goblin. The company journeys into the Misty Mountains, where they find themselves amid a colossal battle between Stone Giants. While Saruman presses concern to the more present matter of the Dwarves' quest, requesting that Gandalf put an end to it, Gandalf secretly reveals to Galadriel he had anticipated this and had the Dwarves move forward without him. Gandalf later approaches the White Council - consisting of Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman the White - and presents a Morgul blade, a weapon of the Witch-king of Angmar, which Radagast obtained from Dol Guldur as a sign that the Necromancer is linked to an eventual return of Sauron.
There, Lord Elrond discloses a hidden indication of a secret door on the company's map of the Lonely Mountain, which will be visible only on Durin's Day. Chased by Orcs, Gandalf leads the company through a hidden passage to Rivendell. The wizard Radagast the Brown finds Gandalf and the company, and recounts an encounter at Dol Guldur with the Necromancer, a sorcerer who has been corrupting Greenwood with dark magic. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-made blade, Orcrist and Glamdring, respectively Gandalf also finds an Elven dagger, which he gives to Bilbo. The company locates the Trolls' cave and finds treasure and Elven blades. Bilbo stalls the Trolls from eating them until dawn, and Gandalf exposes the trolls to sunlight, turning them to stone. Travelling onward, the company is captured by three Trolls. Bilbo is unwilling to accept at first, but has a change of heart after the company leaves without him the next day. Gandalf's aim is to recruit Bilbo as the company's "burglar" to aid them in their quest to enter the Lonely Mountain. In the Shire, 50-year-old Bilbo is tricked by the wizard Gandalf the Grey into hosting a dinner for Thorin and his company of Dwarves: Balin, Dwalin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur. Thrór's grandson, Thorin, sees King Thranduil and his Wood-elves on a nearby hillside, and is dismayed when they leave rather than aid his people, resulting in Thorin's everlasting hatred of Elves. Destroying the nearby town of Dale, Smaug drove the Dwarves out of their mountain and took their hoard of gold. Long before Bilbo's involvement, the Dwarf king Thrór brought an era of prosperity for his kin under the Lonely Mountain until the arrival of the dragon Smaug.
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Two sequels, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies, followed in 20 respectively.Īpproaching his 111th birthday, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins begins writing down the full story of his adventure 60 years earlier for the benefit of his nephew, Frodo. The film received numerous accolades at the 86th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Visual Effects. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed over $1.017 billion at the box office, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 2012. It was almost nine years after the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The ensemble cast also includes Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, Elijah Wood, and Andy Serkis, and features Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, and Manu Bennett.Īn Unexpected Journey premiered in Wellington on 28 November 2012, and was then released on 12 December 2012 in New Zealand and on 14 December 2012 in the United States, by Warner Bros. An Unexpected Journey tells the tale of Bilbo Baggins ( Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf ( Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield ( Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug.
The story is set in Middle-earth sixty years before the main events of The Lord of the Rings and portions of the film are adapted from the appendices to Tolkien's The Return of the King. It is the first instalment in The Hobbit trilogy, acting as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J.