The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

The third and final film in Peter Jackson's blockbuster "Hobbit" series finds Bilbo Baggins and his dwarf compatriots at war against the evil dragon Smaug and a massive army of Orcs--courtesy of the dark lord Sauron. With the future of Middle Earth at stake, its various inhabitants--elves, humans and dwarves, among them--must put aside their differences and their greed to stop their common enemy. "The trilogy's most engrossing episode" (Variety). Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt with Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving and Orlando Bloom as Legolas. Directed by Peter Jackson; screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philipa Boyens & Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.