The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic fantasy adventure film, directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. It will be the third and final installment in the three-part film adaptation based on The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is preceded by An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013). Produced by New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is scheduled for release on 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom and 17 December 2014 in the United States, and the first teaser trailer was released at the San Diego Comic Con on 26 July 2014. The movie stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch and Orlando Bloom. It also features Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee and Hugo Weaving.

Cast

Further information: Cast of The Hobbit film series and Casting of The Hobbit film series

• Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
  • Ian Holm as old Bilbo Baggins
• Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
• Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield II^[6]
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug the Magnificent andSauron the Necromancer^[6]
• Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf
• Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel
• Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman
• Lee Pace as Thranduil^[4]
• Graham McTavish as Dwalin
• Ken Stott as Balin
• Aidan Turner as Kíli^[4]
• Dean O'Gorman as Fíli
• Mark Hadlow as Dori
• Jed Brophy as Nori
• Adam Brown as Ori
• John Callen as Óin
• Peter Hambleton as Glóin
• William Kircher as Bifur
• James Nesbitt as Bofur^[4]
• Stephen Hunter as Bombur
• Cate Blanchett as Galadriel^[6]
• Hugo Weaving as Elrond
• Christopher Lee as Saruman the White
• Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown
• Manu Bennett as Azog the Defiler
• John Tui as Bolg^[7]
• Billy Connolly as Dáin
• Mikael Persbrandt as Beorn
• Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown
• Ryan Gage as Alfrid
• John Bell as Bain
• Simon London as Feren