Thursday, April 24, 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Emerging from Lonely Mountain at the end of THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, the dragon Smaug is out to destroy the nearby village known as Lake-town in THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES.

Earlier today, director Peter Jackson revealed online that the last installment of The Hobbit, originally called There and Back Again, will be re-titled The Battle of the Five Armies—which is a reference to a conflict between the Goblins and the Wargs against the Elves, Eagles, Dwarves, Beorn the Shape-shifter and the Men of Dale shortly after Smaug the Dragon was vanquished near Erebor. Personally speaking, I like the new title...which makes this December's finale to Jackson's Hobbit film trilogy sound pretty epic. We'll overlook the fact that this name is more appropriate for a Star Wars or Transformers movie than it is for a Tolkien-inspired flick. I just want to see Smaug finally meet his demise at Lake-town, as well as Sauron continuing to make his presence felt in the next film. The Battle of the Five Armies comes out in theaters nationwide on December 17.

An illustration depicting a bloody conflict that will take place after Smaug's demise in THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES.

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