Director Sir Peter Jackson has announced a new title for the third and final ‘Hobbit’ film. Photo credit: Warner Bros, New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson.
Sir Peter Jackson has just announced on his Facebook page that the third and final Hobbit film will be titled The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, ending recent speculation about a possible title change.
The director said in his Facebook post:
“Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo’s own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we’ve gone along. “There and Back Again” felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo’s arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived ‘there’ in the “Desolation of Smaug.”
When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate.
And so: “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” it is.”
Read the entire comment by Peter Jackson on his Facebook page.
