The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Film Details
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 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. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2013’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, it is the final instalment in The Hobbit trilogy, acting as a prequel to Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The film’s story concludes the adventure of Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield’s company of dwarves, who take possession of the treasure beneath the Lonely Mountain as various factions clash over it, while Azog the Defiler and his forces make their move.
The film stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Billy Connolly, Graham McTavish, James Nesbitt, Stephen Fry, and Ryan Gage. The ensemble cast also features Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, and Orlando Bloom. It was Holm’s final film before his death in 2020, as well as Lee’s final live-action role, although he would be featured as a voice actor in several films released after his death in 2015.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies premiered in London on 1 December 2014, and was then released on 11 December in New Zealand and on 17 December in the United States, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $962.2 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2014. The film received numerous accolades; at the 87th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Sound Editing.
STORY
PRODUCTION
Development
The Hobbit was originally planned as a two-part film, but Jackson confirmed plans for a third film on 30 July 2012, turning his adaptation of The Hobbit into a trilogy. According to Jackson, the third film would contain the Battle of the Five Armies and make extensive use of the appendices that Tolkien wrote to expand the story of Middle-earth (published in the back of The Return of the King). Jackson also stated that while the third film would largely make use of footage originally shot for the first and second films, it would require additional filming as well. The third film was titled There and Back Again in August 2012. In April 2014, Jackson changed the title of the film to The Battle of the Five Armies as he thought the new title better suited the situation of the film. He stated that, had he adapted The Hobbit as a two-part film, the original title may have felt right for the second part which would have included both Bilbo’s arrival in Erebor and departure, but after the decision to adapt the novel as a three-part film, it felt misplaced as Bilbo had already arrived at Erebor in the second part. Shaun Gunner, the chairman of The Tolkien Society, supported the decision: “The Battle of the Five Armies much better captures the focus of the film but also more accurately channels the essence of the story.”
CAST
- Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
- Ian Holm as Old Bilbo Baggins
- Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
- Richard Armitage as Thorin II Oakenshield
- Orlando Bloom as Legolas
- Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel
- Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug / Sauron
- Lee Pace as Thranduil
- Graham McTavish as Dwalin
- Ken Stott as Balin
- Aidan Turner as Kíli
- Dean O’Gorman as Fíli
- Manu Bennett as Azog the Defiler
- Mark Hadlow as Dori
- Jed Brophy as Nori
- Adam Brown as Ori
- John Callen as Óin
- Peter Hambleton as Glóin
- William Kircher as Bifur
- James Nesbitt as Bofur
- Stephen Hunter as Bombur
- Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
- Hugo Weaving as Elrond
- Christopher Lee as Saruman the White
- Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown
- John Tui as Bolg
- Billy Connolly as Dáin II Ironfoot
- Mikael Persbrandt as Beorn
- Stephen Fry as Master of Lake-town
- Ryan Gage as Alfrid Lickspittle
- Mark Mitchinson as Braga
- John Bell as Bain
- Peggy and Mary Nesbitt as Sigrid and Tilda
- Simon London as Feren
RELEASE
December 4, 2014
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