The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on TFX: Bilbo faces the dragon

Thorin’s company approaches the Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, airing on TFX. The second installment in Peter Jackson’s trilogy continues Bilbo Baggins’s journey, played by Martin Freeman, to the Dwarven kingdom occupied by Smaug.

Before they can enter Erebor, Bilbo and his companions travel through Mirkwood Forest and encounter the Elves. Richard Armitage returns as Thorin, while Benedict Cumberbatch provides the dragon’s voice and motion-capture performance. The face-off between the Hobbit and Smaug becomes a pivotal moment in the quest.

Released in 2013, the film adapts the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, set before the events of The Lord of the Rings. It links An Unexpected Journey to the final chapter, The Battle of the Five Armies, while retaining the trilogy’s New Zealand filming locations.

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