The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies trailer is out
Warner Bros. releases the first look at the final film in the J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired franchise
The first trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has hit the Internet after making its premiere at San Diego Comic-Con last weekend, and the final film in the series looks action-packed, and grim.
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Martin Freeman’s Bilbo Baggins is shown bracing himself for war, proclaiming, "One day I’ll remember, remember everything that happened here: the good the bad, those who survived and those who did not."
The preview, which declares the movie to be the "the defining chapter of the Middle-Earth saga," shows an elfin Cate Blanchett kissing a fallen Gandalf (Ian MacKellen).
Other familiar faces from the Tolkien-inspired epic are back, including Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Richard Ameritage and Lee Pace.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies arrives in theatres on Dec. 17.