In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit. And over the course of ten years, a group of New Zealand filmmakers would return to Middle-Earth to bring his story to the big screen.

From the quaint town of Hobbiton to the caverns of Erebor, all the way until the climactic battle of the five armies.

Chronicling the making of Peter Jackson's second, and very different, Middle-Earth Trilogy. Covering the good, the bad, and everything in between.

This is... THE HOBBIT - A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE

MAIN SOURCES:

The Hobbit - The Appendices Parts 7 to 12
Lindsay Ellis' Hobbit Trilogy Review/Breakdown/Analysis:
PART 1:    • The Hobbit: A Long-Expected Autopsy (...  
PART 2:    • The Hobbit: Battle of Five Studios (P...  
PART 3:    • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Warners...  

THE COMPLETE TIMELINE:

00:00 - In a Hole in The Ground…
00:02:30 - 2005: A Bad Start
00:03:34 - 2007: Peter Jackson out of The Hobbit
00:04:21 - 2007: MGM keeps Peter Jackson/Announces The Hobbit
00:05:42 - 2008: Guillermo Del Toro signs on to direct
00:07:08 - 2008: Development Begins
00:09:14 - 2008: Major LOTR players return
00:09:48 - 2010: Troubles Continue
00:10:19 - 2010: Casting Bilbo Baggins vol. 1
00:11:25 - 2010: Guillermo Del Toro steps down
00:12:22 - 2010: New Zealand Film Industry dispute
00:14:36 - 2010: Peter Jackson signs on to direct
00:16:46 - 2010: Casting Bilbo Baggins vol. 2
00:17:33 - 2010: Rebuilding Hobbiton
00:18:19 - 2010: Prepping for 3D at 48 fps
00:19:14 - 2010: The Dawn of Smaug
00:20:21 - 2010: Designing/Casting the Dwarves
00:24:53 - 2011: New and Returning Cast
00:25:53 - 2011: Songs of The Hobbit
00:27:02 - 2011: One Last Delay
00:28:53 - 2011: Principal Photography Begins
00:29:51 - 2011: Riddles in the Dark
00:30:53 - 2011: Filming at Bag-End
00:33:53 - 2011: The Three Trolls
00:34:39 - 2011: Filming Gandalf’s Quest
00:35:36 - 2011: Return to Rivendell
00:37:18 - 2011: Block 1 of Filming Concluded
00:37:39 - 2011: The Hobbit Titles Revealed
00:38:07 - 2011: Filming in London
00:39:15 - 2011: Block 2 of Filming Begins
00:41:18 - 2011: Introducing Tauriel
00:42:30 - 2011: Flies and Spiders/Misty Mountains
00:44:08 - 2011: The Goblin Caves
00:45:17 - 2011: Return to Hobbiton
00:46:20 - 2011: Introducing Beorn/Scene 88
00:47:23 - 2011: Casting Smaug
00:48:26 - 2011: An Unexpected Journey - Trailer #1
00:49:30 - 2012: Motion Capture for Smaug
00:50:26 - 2012: Block 3 of Filming Begins
00:51:36 - 2012: Lake-Town
00:52:59 - 2012: In the Dragon’s Lair
00:54:00 - 2012: The Barrels
00:55:07 - 2012: Erebor/The Stress Takes Hold
00:58:15 - 2012: Principal Photography Ends
00:58:46 - 2012: Comic-Con
00:59:21 - 2012: The Hobbit becomes a Trilogy
01:00:43 - 2012: Pick-Ups - Film One
01:01:30 - 2012: Post-Production - Film One
01:03:18 - 2012: Creating Azog The Defiler
01:04:42 - 2012: Weta Digital’s Advancements
01:05:55 - 2012: An Unexpected Journey - Trailer #2
01:07:14 - 2012: VFX/Music/Sound - Film One
01:08:56 - 2012: Creating Smaug
01:12:11 - 2012: Film One Complete
01:13:51 - 2012: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Theatrical)
01:30:08 - 2012: Critical Reception to An Unexpected Journey
01:31:52 - 2013: Finalizing Smaug - Film Two
01:34:20 - 2013: Pick-Ups - Film Two
01:36:05 - 2013: Filming the Battle of the Five Armies
01:38:13 - 2013: The Last Weeks in Middle-Earth
01:40:22 - 2013: Promotion Builds for Film Two
01:40:59 - 2013: The Desolation of Smaug - Trailer #1
01:42:28 - 2013: Post-Production - Film Two
01:43:05 - 2013: Music- Film Two
01:44:56 - 2013: The Desolation of Smaug - Trailer #2
01:46:46 - 2013: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Extended)
01:48:57 - 2013: Reclaiming Erebor
01:51:31 - 2013: Film Two Complete
01:52:38 - 2013: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Theatrical)
02:08:22 - 2013: Critical Reception to The Desolation of Smaug
02:09:37 - 2014: Film Three Retitled
02:11:49 - 2014: Battle of the Five Armies - Trailer #1
02:13:02 - 2014: Post-Production - Film Three
02:15:24 - 2014: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Extended)
02:18:43 - 2014: Battle of the Five Armies - Trailer #2
02:19:48 - 2014: Finishing Film Three
02:21:07 - 2014: Film Three Complete
02:22:21 - 2014: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (Theatrical)
02:38:24 - 2014: Reception to Battle of the Five Armies
02:39:55 - 2015: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (Extended)
02:43:20 - There And Back Again

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