The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is the first installment in a three-part film adaptation based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel The Hobbit. 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. 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.
- Starring : Ian McKellen / Martin Freeman
- Genre : Adventure / Family / Fantasy
- Country : New Zealand / United States
- Language : English
- Director : Peter Jackson
- Production : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / New Line Cinema / WingNut Films
- Distributor : Warner Bros. / MGM Television / ACME / Cineforum / Cuvision / FS Film / Fathom Events / Forum Film Bulgaria / Forum Film Poland / Forum Film / Forum Hungary / Geo Films / Karo Premiere / MegaStar Media Joint Venture / NOS Audiovisuais / Roadshow Film Distributors / SF Norge A/S / SF Studios / Svensk Filmindustri (SF) / Village Films / Westec Media Limited / Argentina Video Home / Film1 / HBO Max / Net5 / Netflix / SBS6 / SF Film Finland / TNT / Viaplay / Village / Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia / Warner Home Video
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey release date
- December 3, 2012 : Canada (Toronto) (premiere)
- December 6, 2012 : USA (New York City, New York) (premiere)
- December 12, 2012 : Spain (Madrid) (premiere)
- December 12, 2012 : France
- December 12, 2012 : UK (London) (premiere)
- December 12, 2012 : Sweden
- December 13, 2012 : United Arab Emirates
- December 13, 2012 : Germany
- December 13, 2012 : UK
- December 13, 2012 : Ireland
- December 13, 2012 : Israel
- December 13, 2012 : Philippines
- December 13, 2012 : Singapore
- December 14, 2012 : Canada
- December 14, 2012 : Spain
- December 14, 2012 : India
- December 14, 2012 : Japan
- December 14, 2012 : USA
- December 18, 2012 : Australia (Melbourne) (premiere)
- December 18, 2012 : Australia (Sydney) (premiere)
- December 26, 2012 : Australia
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey cast
- Ian McKellen as Gandalf
- Martin Freeman as Bilbo
- Richard Armitage as Thorin
- Ken Stott as Balin
- Graham McTavish as Dwalin
- William Kircher as Bifur / Tom Troll
- James Nesbitt as Bofur
- Stephen Hunter as Bombur
- Dean O’Gorman as Fili
- Aidan Turner as Kili
- John Callen as Oin
- Peter Hambleton as Gloin / William Troll
- Jed Brophy as Nori
- Mark Hadlow as Dori / Bert Troll
- Adam Brown as Ori
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. 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 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.
An Unexpected Journey premiered on 28 November 2012 in New Zealand and was released internationally on 12 December 2012. The film grossed over $1.021 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 44th highest-grossing film of all time. 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. It was also nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.
Approaching his 111th birthday, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins begins writing down the full story of his adventure 60 years earlier for the benefit of his nephew Frodo. Long before Bilbo’s involvement, the Dwarf king Thrór brought an era of prosperity for his kin under the Lonely Mountain until the arrival of the dragon Smaug. Destroying the nearby town of Dale, Smaug drove the Dwarves out of their mountain and took their hoard of gold. Thrór’s grandson, Thorin, sees King Thranduil and his Wood-elves on a nearby hillside, and is dismayed when they leave rather than aid his people, resulting in Thorin’s everlasting hatred of Elves.
In the Shire, 50-year-old Bilbo is tricked by the wizard Gandalf the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his company of Dwarves: Balin, Dwalin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur. Gandalf’s aim is to recruit Bilbo as the company’s “burglar” to aid them in their quest to enter the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo is unwilling to accept at first, but has a change of heart after the company leaves without him the next day. Bilbo races to join the company. Travelling onward, the company is captured by three Trolls. Bilbo stalls the Trolls from eating them until dawn, and Gandalf exposes the trolls to sunlight, turning them to stone. The company locates the Trolls’ cave and finds treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-made blade, Orcrist and Glamdring, respectively; Gandalf also finds an Elven dagger, which he gives to Bilbo.
The wizard Radagast the Brown finds Gandalf and the company, and recounts an encounter at Dol Guldur with the Necromancer, a sorcerer who has been corrupting Greenwood with dark magic. Chased by Orcs, Gandalf leads the company through a hidden passage to Rivendell. There, Lord Elrond discloses a hidden indication of a secret door on the company’s map of the Lonely Mountain, which will be visible only on Durin’s Day. Gandalf later approaches the White Council — consisting of Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman the White — and presents a Morgul blade, a weapon of the Witch-king of Angmar, which Radagast obtained from Dol Guldur as a sign that the Necromancer is linked to an eventual return of Sauron. While Saruman presses concern to the more present matter of the Dwarves’ quest, requesting that Gandalf put an end to it, Gandalf secretly reveals to Galadriel he had anticipated this and had the Dwarves move forward without him.
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