--- description: Middle-Earth is going to war...again title: 'The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7efed2aebb66d206/6987661835ba6fd126c0504a/screen-shot-2014-11-06-at-2-50-46-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies_ Trailer Has Just About Every Tolkien Actor In It  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 6, 2014 7:58 PM CUT  The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies Trailer The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies TrailerThe Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 6, 2014 7:58 PM CUT How do you stretch a short book into three films? By adding dozens of characters, of course. If the new trailer for the final film in _The Hobbit_ trilogy is any indication, pretty much every character from the last two _Hobbit_ films, plus plenty of _Lord of the Rings_ characters who never show up in J.R.R. Tolkien’s _The Hobbit_ (looking at you, Legolas), will make an appearance in _The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies_. They’ll all come together for a 45-minute battle scene that’s bound to get fans who yearned for the good old days of _Return of the King_ after watching that endless barrel fighting scene in last year’s _The Desolation of Smaug_ excited. Oh right, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s dragon still hasn’t been slayed, so Bilbo will have to deal with that, too. ### PHOTOS: See the 13 Actors Who Play the Dwarfs in 'The Hobbit'  Fili - Dean O’Gorman Warner Bros.; Anita Bugge—WireImage—Getty Images  Kili - Aidan Turner Warner Bros.; Gregg DeGuire—WireImage/Getty Images  Oin - John Callen Warner Bros.; Tschiponnique Skupin—Geisler-Fot/picture-alliance/dpa/AP  Gloin - Peter Hambleton Warner Bros.; Dave J Hogan—Getty Images  Dwalin - Graham McTavish Warner Bros.; David Livingston—Getty Images  Balin - Ken Stott Warner Bros.; Ben A. Pruchnie—Getty Images  Bifur - William Kircher Warner Bros.; Ray Tamarra—Getty Images  Bofur - James Nesbitt Warner Bros.; Ray Tamarra—Getty Images  Bombur - Stephen Hunter Warner Bros.; Joel Ryan—Invision/AP  Dori - Mark Hadlow Warner Bros.; Ray Tamarra—Getty Images  Nori - Jed Brophy Warner Bros.; Ray Tamarra—Getty Images  Ori - Adam Brown Warner Bros.; Anita Bugge—WireImage/Getty Images  Thorin Oakenshield - Richard Armitage Warner Bros.; Jason Merritt—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3565894/hobbit-battle-of-five-armies-trailer-tolkien-cumberbatch-smaug/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3565894/hobbit-battle-of-five-armies-trailer-tolkien-cumberbatch-smaug/"},"headline":"The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies Trailer Has Just About Every Tolkien Actor In It","datePublished":"2014-11-06T19:58:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:08.652Z","description":"Middle-Earth is going to war... again","url":"https://time.com/3565894/hobbit-battle-of-five-armies-trailer-tolkien-cumberbatch-smaug/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7efed2aebb66d206/6987661835ba6fd126c0504a/screen-shot-2014-11-06-at-2-50-46-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7efed2aebb66d206/6987661835ba6fd126c0504a/screen-shot-2014-11-06-at-2-50-46-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-11-06 at 2.50.46 PM","caption":"The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies Trailer","creditText":"The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3565894/hobbit-battle-of-five-armies-trailer-tolkien-cumberbatch-smaug/","name":"The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies Trailer Has Just About Every Tolkien Actor In It"}}]}] ```