He continued having an interest in Tolkien books throughout the 1950s. Walt Disney considered animating segments of The Hobbit and setting them to the sound of Wagner's Ring cycle for Fantasia, but was talked out of it. Stephen Ure as Fimbul the Hunter and Grinnah.Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and Necromancer.Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman and Girion.Richard Armitage as Thorin II Oakenshield.The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013).The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).4.3 Industrial dispute and filming location.The production was originally planned as a two-part adaptation, but ultimately became a trilogy. The three parts, entitled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies were filmed back-to-back with the release dates December 2012, December 2013 and December 2014 by MGM and New Line Cinema. Certain cast ( Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett ) and crew ( Weta Workshop, John Howe, Alan Lee, Mark Ordesky) reprised their roles from the Lord of the Rings films. The position was later taken over by Peter Jackson, the director of the The Lord of the Rings films, who became Executive Producer. Guillermo del Toro had originally signed to direct the movies, but due to various delays and conflicts with schedules, announced that he would not be able to direct them. Tolkien's The Hobbit, distributed by New Line Cinema. The Hobbitis a cinematic trilogy adaptation of J.R.R.

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