![]() They speak of a Necromancer living in Dol Guldur, a sorcerer who could summon the dead. The Woodsmen who live there now call it Mirkwood and, uh, they say. We could remain blind to it but it will not be ignoring us, that I can promise you. There is something at work beyond the evil of Smaug. ![]() Orcs have attacked us on the road!Īlways you must meddle, looking for trouble when none exist. Gandalf, for four hundred years, we have lived in peace - a hard-won, watchful peace.Īre we, are we at peace? Trolls have come down from the mountains, they are raiding villages, destroying farms. ![]() What enemy? Gandalf, the Enemy is defeated. A dragon could be used to terrible effect. Smaug owes allegiance to no one, but if he should side with the Enemy. We few had survived and I thought to myself then 'There is one I could follow. but there was no feast or songs that night, for our dead were beyond the count of grief. Our forces rallied and drove the Orcs back our enemy had been defeated. Azog the Defiler learned that day that the line of Durin would not be so easily broken. He stood alone against this terrible foe, his armour rent, wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield. That is when I saw him the young dwarf prince facing down the Pale Orc. We were leaderless, defeat and death were upon us. He went missing, taken prisoner or killed we did not know. Thrain, Thorin's father, was driven mad by grief. The giant Gundabad Orc had sworn to wipe out the line of Durin. Moria had been taken by legions of Orcs, led by the most vile of all their race, Azog the Defiler. After the dragon took the Lonely Mountain, King Thror tried to reclaim the ancient dwarf kingdom of Moria. Thorin has more cause than most to hate Orcs. It was also nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.ĭon't mind him, laddie. Receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. 021 billion at the box office, surpassing both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers nominally, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the 35th highest-grossing film of all time. The ensemble cast also includes James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis, and features Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries and Manu Bennett.Īn Unexpected Journey premiered on 28 November 2012 in New Zealand and was released internationally on 12 December 2012. 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 seventy-seven 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. The film's screenplay was written by Jackson, his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro, who was originally chosen to direct the film before leaving the project in 2010. It is followed by The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), and together they act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It is the first installment in a three-part film adaptation based on J. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson.
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