
Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.
Plot outline
Cast
- Ian McKellen
- Martin Freeman
- Richard Armitage
- Ken Stott
- Graham McTavish
- William Kircher
- James Nesbitt
- Stephen Hunter
- Dean O'Gorman
- Aidan Turner
- John Callen
- Peter Hambleton
- Jed Brophy
- Mark Hadlow
- Adam Brown
- Orlando Bloom
- Evangeline Lilly
- Lee Pace
- Cate Blanchett
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Mikael Persbrandt
- Sylvester McCoy
- Luke Evans
- Stephen Fry
- Ryan Gage
- John Bell
- Peggy Nesbitt
- Mary Nesbitt
- Manu Bennett
- Lawrence Makoare
- Ben Mitchell
- Stephen Ure
- Craig Hall
- Robin Kerr
- Eli Kent
- Simon London
- Brian Sergent
- Peter Vere-Jones
- Mark Mitchinson
- Kelly Kilgour
- Sarah Peirse
- Nick Blake
- Dallas Barnett
- Matt Smith
- Katie Jackson
- Richard Whiteside
- Greg Ellis
- Ray Henwood
- Tim Gordon
- Jabez Olssen
- Stephen Colbert
- Evelyn McGee
- Peter Colbert
- John Colbert
- Norman Kali
- Carter Nixon
- Zane Weiner
- Allan Smith
- Frazer Anderson
- Michael Andrews
- Mark Atkin
- Dimetrius Baccellia
- Jim Baltaxe
- Rodney Bane
- Leila Barber
- Nigel Bautista
- Cory Beeston
- Aleksandr Beliaev
- Vivien Bell
- Jack Binding
- Terry Binding
- Dorothy Anne Bonner
- Shane Boulton
- Riley Brophy
- Chris Brough
- Mel Buchanan
- Jessica Buckham
- Tony Burton
- Colleen Cleary
- Trevor Cooper
- Yvette Cottam
- Raymond Cox
- Paul Craze
- Estere Dalton
- Karl Dickson
- David Donaldson
- Alison Draine
- Brady Dyer
- Frank Edwards
- Gary French
- Paul Gaudin
- Phoebe Gittins
- Stephen Grey
- George Harach
- Jamie Harrison
- Chris Hewer
- Christian Hipolito
- Kathryn Briggs Hobbs
- John Howe
- Martin Howells
- Alex Ishikawa
- Peter Jackson
- Fern Karun
- Isabelle Rose Kircher
- Kristi Kleijn
- Alan Lee
- Phil Mackie
- Simon McArthur
- Shirley McGregor
- Carlton McRae
- Sebastian Meek
- Liz Merton
- Iain Middleton
- Joseph Mika-Hunt
- Keith Mole
- Linda Murrell
- Terry Notary
- Stephen O'Neill
- Kyosuke Okada
- Ivy Padilla
- Lise Perichon
- Derek Price
- Daniel Rathbon
- Leon Reedijk
- Steve Roche
- Gabriela Roque López
- Warwick Sadler
- Tony Shaw
- Ed Sheeran
- Antony Sher
- Tim Simpson
- Marco Sinigaglia
- Jeff Slaven
- Dianne Smith
- Emma Smith
- Stan The Wonder Pug
- Jeffrey Thomas
- Royd Tolkien
- Mark Trotter
- Rosalie van Horik
- Manuela Vetters
- James Waterhouse-Brown
- Christopher Winchester
- Nikky Winchester
- Min Windle
- Pedro Worcel
Plots
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to? And what is his secret business to the south?
The thirteen dwarves commanded by Thorin, the burglar Bilbo Baggins and the wizard Gandalf travel to Lonely Mountain to steal the Arkenstone from the dragon Smaug to join the dwarves. During their dangerous journey, they need to fight against giant spiders and Orcs and they are captured but flee from the Elves. But Smaug is not easily deceived and flies to Lake-town to destroy the town and the dwellers.
As Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo Baggins and Dwarf King Thorin II Oakenshield's long and perilous journey to the heart of the Lonely Mountain continues, a relentless pursuit by the vicious orc, Azog, will inevitably lead the brave fellowship into the dark forests of Mirkwood. Without the sage wizard's guidance, both hobbit and dwarves must keep on venturing into danger undeterred, concentrating solely on their primary mission to retrieve the stolen Arkenstone from Smaug. But atop a mountain of Erebor's pilfered gold, the omnipotent drake is waiting silently, ready to put up a fight for his beloved treasure. Who dares to challenge him?
Thorin and his company are being pursued by Azog and his Orc party following the events of the previous film. They are ushered along by Gandalf to the nearby home of Beorn, a skin-changer who can take the form of the bear. That night, Azog is summoned to Dol Guldur by the Necromancer, who commands him to marshal his forces for war, so Azog delegates the hunt for Thorin to his son Bolg. The following day, Beorn escorts the company to the borders of Mirkwood, where Gandalf discovers Black Speech imprinted on an old ruin. Heeding a promise he made to Galadriel, he warns the company to remain on the path and leaves to investigate the tombs of the Nazgûl. Upon entering the forest, the dwarfs lose their way and are ensnared by giant spiders. Bilbo sets about freeing them with the help of his recently acquired invisibility ring. He subsequently drops the ring and first begins to understand its dark influence after he brutally kills a creature to retrieve it..