The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) is a 2012 American adventure fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. The film premiered in Bulgaria on December 14, 2012.
Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is drawn into an adventure to reclaim the lost dwarven kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Suddenly visited by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)), Bilbo joins the group of 13 dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield (Richard ArmitageTheir journey will take them into the wilds, through dangerous lands inhabited by Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and giant spiders, shape-shifting creatures and wizards.
Their goal lies to the east in the wastes of the Lonely Mountain, but they must first escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets a creature that changes his life forever – Smeagol (Smiggle or Am-Gul) (Andy Serkis). There, alone with Am-Gul on the shores of an underground lake, the unsuspecting Bilbo Baggins discovers not only his own cunning and courage, which surprise even him, but also becomes the owner of Am-Gul's "priceless" - a ring that possesses unexpected and useful magical powers. It is an ordinary golden ring that is connected to the fate of Middle-earth in a way that Bilbo could not have imagined.
The film is an adaptation of the first part of the trilogy based on the novel "„The Hobbit“" from 1937 on J. R. R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien).
