Fighting a dragon would have been a daunting task even for an entire army of Dwarves, but Thorin II Oakenshield did not have that luxury when he set out to reclaim the kingdom of Erebor from Smaug in ...

The Hobbit trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, follows the Company of Thorin Oakenshield as they set out on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, from the grips of the dragon Smaug (Benedict ...

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From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R.

While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the tremendous success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings launched intense interest in the fantasy genre that triggered a ...