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Where was The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug filmed?

2013 film, directed by Peter Jackson.

  • New Zealand

The story is set in Middle-earth.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Middle-earth
Filmed in
New Zealand
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About The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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Released
2013
Director
Peter Jackson
Cast
Adam BrownAidan TurnerCate BlanchettDean O'GormanGraham McTavishJames NesbittJed BrophyJohn CallenKen StottLawrence Makoare
Genre
FantasyAdventureAction
Based on
The Hobbit
Awards
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

Following their battle with Azog and his Orc party, Thorin Oakenshield and his company are ushered by Gandalf to the nearby home of Beorn, a skin-changer who can take the form of a bear.

Before leaving the company, he warns them to remain on the path.

Thorin confronts the king about neglecting the Dwarves of Erebor following Smaug's attack 60 years earlier and is consequently imprisoned with the other Dwarves.

Famous lines from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Stay back!Thrain
  • Ah, Thrain..Gandalf
  • No, but I was.Thorin
  • I know who you are.Thorin
  • No, I will fight with you!Young Thorin

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