The Hobbit: There and Back Again is the upcoming third and final installment of The
Hobbit Trilogy. It will follow The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and will be produced by Peter Jackson, who also created the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The movie might start with the Battle of the Five Armies and then focus on Bilbo Baggins as he gets home and Gandalf as he finds out that the Necromancer is in fact Sauron.
Filming took place primarily in New Zealand. The film stars Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey, Benedict Cumberbatch as the Necromancer and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield.
On February 28, 2013, it was confirmed there is a new release date for There and Back Again. It has been announced via press, and now mirrors the release dates of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth films, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The movie's release date has been rescheduled from July 18, 2014 to December 17, 2014.
