The ensemble cast also features Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, and Orlando Bloom. It stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, Billy Connolly, Graham McTavish, James Nesbitt, Stephen Fry and Ryan Gage. The Battle of the Five Armies premiered in London on 1 December 2014, and was then released on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand, 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom, and on 17 December 2014 in the United States.
It was produced by New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and WingNut Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Tolkien, following An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug, and together, they act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It is the third and final installment in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic high fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (chronologically)
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