New Line and Warner Bros. also have retitled the second film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Additionally, the second film has been retitled The Hobbit: ...

The news that Peter Jackson and the multiple studios involved in the film were expanding the two-part “Hobbit” into three films came fast and furious in the last few weeks. The untitled third part got ...

The third and final Hobbit film has a new name. Instead of There and Back Again, it will be known as The Battle of the Five Armies. Director Peter Jackson confirmed the change via Facebook and ...

The third and final installment of “The Hobbit” series hits theaters Wednesday, and it’ll mark the last time fans will get the chance to explore Middle Earth for the conceivable future. The trilogy of ...

Peter Jackson's epic Middle Earth saga started with a bang with 2001's “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” but now ends with a whimper in the final chapter of “The Hobbit” trilogy: “The Battle ...