The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is an future 2013 epic dream
adventure film co-written, produced and heading for by Peter Jackson. It is the
second payment of a three-part film series based on J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937
novel The Hobbit, opening with An Unexpected Journey (2012) and set to finish
with There and Back Again (2014). The three films jointly act as prequels to
Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film string.
The storyline continue the events of An unforeseen Journey,
in which the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) movements with the wizard
Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a corporation of thirteen dwarves led by Thorin
Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) into the Kingdom of Erebor, pleasing them
through Mirkwood, Esgaroth, and Dale to fight with the dragon Smaug (Benedict
Cumberbatch).
Directed by Peter
Jackson
Produced by
Peter Jackson
Carolynne Cunningham
Zane Weiner
Fran Walsh
Screenplay by
Peter Jackson
Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Guillermo del Toro
Based on The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Starring
Ian McKellen
Martin Freeman
Richard Armitage
Benedict Cumberbatch
Evangeline Lilly
Lee Pace
Luke Evans
Ken Stott
James Nesbitt
Orlando Bloom
Music by Howard
Shore
Cinematography Andrew
Lesnie
Editing by Jabez
Olssen
Studio
New Line Cinema
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
WingNut Films
Distributed by Warner
Bros. Pictures
Release dates
2 December 2013 (Los Angeles premiere)
12 December 2013 (New Zealand)
13 December 2013 (United Kingdom)
13 December 2013 (United States)
Running time 161
minutes[1][2]
Country
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
Language English
Budget $200
million
