All three films from director Peter Jackson's blockbuster prequel to 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Set in Middle-Earth 60 years before events in 'The Lord of the Rings', 'The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey' 2012 follows the adventures of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins Martin Freeman, who, at the instigation of the wizard Gandalf Ian McKellen, suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield Richard Armitage to help reclaim the Dwarves' lost kingdom of the Lonely Mountain from the clutches of a dragon. After setting out on their quest from the safety of Bag End, the band of travellers soon find themselves pitted against a range of strange and fearsome opponents, in addition to a small, slimy creature known simply as Gollum Andy Serkis. In 'The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug' 2013, while Gandalf heads south on his own, Bilbo, Thorin and the Dwarves enter the treacherous Mirkwood Forest on their way to the mountain. When they reach Lake-town Bilbo has