Source: Warner Bros. Pictures | Posted By: Dan Geer
The first teaser trailer for Peter Jackson’s final chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy has arrived. It shows us plainly that The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will mostly be about one thing – war, as Thorin Oakenshield puts it here in our first real glimpse of the film. But if it has that special Jackson, Walsh and Boyens touch behind the script and direction that the teaser seems to imply, this should prove to be quite an emotional ride as well.
It really is a well put together trailer, featuring the song “Home is Behind,” as sung by Billy Boyd in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, playing over images of armies marching to battle and beloved characters facing ultimate peril against the various evil forces threatening Middle Earth. Oh, and we see a bit of Smaug burning things, which of course is really cool. All in all, quite a tease indeed! Hit the jump to watch!
They are clearly marketing this as The Return of the King of the series. It’s the concluding chapter of a “Middle Earth” Trilogy, and presumably the best as well. I’m sure it’ll even be pretty great. However, this will not be as good as The Return of the King, and we should not expect it to be. The source material, while really good, is not nearly as good as anything in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It was written before The Lord of the Rings, and for a younger audience. I really hope audiences understand this. The Lord of the Rings was always meant to be the climax of the story that started with The Hobbit, and it’ll remain that way with the films.
Nevertheless, I’m still stoked.
The Hobbit Trilogy is directed by Peter Jackson, and written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits theaters on December 17th. The film stars Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Orlando Bloom, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Aidan Turner, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, Ian Holm, Lee Pace, Dean O’Gorman, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lilly, Barry Humphries, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sylvester McCoy.
