The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Bilbo Baggins writes about his adventure with a company of Dwarves, encountering various obstacles and enemies, in their quest to reclaim their homeland from the dragon Smaug. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 English-language Adventure Fantasy film featuring Ian Mckellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett and Isaac Miller. The movie is inspired from The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. New Line Cinema in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson and Zane Weiner. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro and J.r.r. Tolkien and it is directed by Peter Jackson. Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released on 14th December 2012 and takes a screen time of 169 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was made on a budget of $200 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $1017 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro. Cinematography was done by Andrew Lesnie and editing by Jabez Olssen. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner Howard Shore.