Release Date:
December 12, 2013 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX, p.m. screenings)
Studio:
New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director:
Peter Jackson
Screenwriter:
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman,
Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo
Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, John Bell, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John
Callen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark
Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester
McCoy, Graham McTavish, Michael Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O'Gorman,
Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner
Genre:
Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 (for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images)
Review: 9/10 rating
Plot Summary:
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he
journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin
Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the
lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company
continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer Beorn and a
swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of Mirkwood. After
escaping capture by the dangerous Wood-elves, the Dwarves journey to
Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must
face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any
other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the
limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the
Dragon Smaug.