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The final Hobbit film gets a name change

The third and final film in Peter Jacksonā€™s adaptation of The Hobbit will be titled The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies it has been announced.

Due for release on 17th December 2014 with a 10th December release in select international territories, the film was previously going to be titled The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

Peter Jackson stated, ā€œOur journey to make ā€˜The Hobbitā€™ Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo’s own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we’ve gone along. ā€˜There and Back Againā€™ felt like the right name for the second of a two-film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilboā€™s arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplacedā€”after all, Bilbo has already arrived ā€˜thereā€™ in the ā€˜The Desolation of Smaug.ā€™Ā  When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title.Ā  We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at.Ā  We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate.Ā  And so: ā€˜The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armiesā€™ it is.ā€

The story of The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth 60 years prior to The Lord of the Rings. Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, with Martin Freeman in the central role of Bilbo Baggins, and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield.

The international ensemble cast is led by Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, and Orlando Bloom.Ā  The film also stars, in alphabetical order, John Bell, Manu Bennett, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Billy Connolly, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Lawrence Makoare, Sylvester McCoy, Graham McTavish, Dean Oā€™Gorman, Mikael Persbrandt, Aidan Turner.

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