Now, before we get into the essentials of how you can watch 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' right now, here are some essential information about the New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, WingNut Films adventure flick. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt has a PG-13 rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 49 min. The release date of the movie is December 14th, 2012. The movie received a user score of 74/100 on TMDb, which reflects reviews from 19,141 verified users.
Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon."
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'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on December 14th, 2012
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The Hobbit Collection
The Hobbit collection is a three-part epic fantasy-adventure film directed and produced by Peter Jackson and based on J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel of the same name. The trilogy of films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before "The Lord of the Rings", and will act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.























