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Release
13 December 2012
Certificate 12A
Cast
Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Aidan Turner, Stephen Hunter, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, Barry Humphries, Luke Evans, Billy Connolly
Director(s)
Peter Jackson
Screenwriter(s)
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro

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OUT 13 DECEMBER 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Genres Fantasy, Family

Film synopsis With the help of "meddling" wizard Gandalf (McKellen), Shire-dwelling hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Freeman) finds himself thrust into adventure, embarking on a quest with a small group of dwarves ("not 13 of the best or brightest") to reclaim their treasure and homeland from the dragon Smaug. Meanwhile, a malevolent presence returns to Middle-earth.

Official site: http://www.thehobbit.com/

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RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
An interview with Cumberbatch about Smaug:~ AL: The Wall Street Journal Mention Smaug, the classic storybook dragon of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” and a ray of delight flickers across Benedict Cumberbatch’s pale eyes. Smaug, “a most specially greedy, strong and wicked worm” of Tolkien lore, is for many children their first encounter with fire-breathing, scaly dragons. “First one for me,” Cumberbatch is quick to add. “My dad read the book to me and it was a bedtime treat if I h More

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RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
A Geeky Analysis on just how big Smaug will be:~ Way!nteresting DIT: And here's a mock up by Skaan and DanielLB over at TORn of Bilbo and Smaug('s nostril and eye) size-ratio:~ e!s it December yet??  More

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RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
A transcription of the live event of the Desolation of Smaug Sneak Peek, as done by TORn:~ /link]  More

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RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Just a little thing from Xbox: an video interview with Armitage, O'Gorman and Turner about Erebor's Royal Family:~ be!s a side-note, when is the flipping trailer going to be released for Part II? I gain impatient  More

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RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
L: Timon L: pete_traynor L: DONOVAN KURTWOOD Well An Unexpected Journey looks predictably magnificent on Blu Ray, in both 2D and 3D. Definitely demo material all the way, with demo quality audio too. Need to watch the 2 hours of video diaries, as a nice teaser for the real meat of the extras to come with the d editions great just to watch the movie again, having rewatched it since Monday in both formats. hat! They're doing an Extended version of this s already hugely long fo More

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RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
L: pete_traynor L: DONOVAN KURTWOOD Well An Unexpected Journey looks predictably magnificent on Blu Ray, in both 2D and 3D. Definitely demo material all the way, with demo quality audio too. Need to watch the 2 hours of video diaries, as a nice teaser for the real meat of the extras to come with the d editions great just to watch the movie again, having rewatched it since Monday in both formats. hat! They’re doing an Extended version of this s already hugely long for the content More

Posted by Timon at 14:24, 11 April 2013 | Report This Post

RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
L: DONOVAN KURTWOOD Well An Unexpected Journey looks predictably magnificent on Blu Ray, in both 2D and 3D. Definitely demo material all the way, with demo quality audio too. Need to watch the 2 hours of video diaries, as a nice teaser for the real meat of the extras to come with the d editions great just to watch the movie again, having rewatched it since Monday in both formats. sp; hat! They’re doing an Extended version of this s already hugely long for the content of the book it cov More

Posted by pete_traynor at 14:17, 11 April 2013 | Report This Post

RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Well An Unexpected Journey looks predictably magnificent on Blu Ray, in both 2D and 3D. Definitely demo material all the way, with demo quality audio too. Need to watch the 2 hours of video diaries, as a nice teaser for the real meat of the extras to come with the extended edition. It was great just to watch the movie again, having rewatched it since Monday in both formats.  More

Posted by DONOVAN KURTWOOD at 13:27, 11 April 2013 | Report This Post

RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
An interview with Manu Bennett (Azog) from our very own Empire:~ case you didn't see it on the Homepage!aisy the Warg - aww!  More

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RE: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
An interview from Yahoo with Armitage, Serkis and Nesbitt as to why AUJ had to be a long film:~ nterviewike they all stated, it's not really a big surprise that a PJ movie is near 3 hours long - he's got previous  More

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