Finally! The second installment in the epic Hobbit film series has arrived. Based upon J.R.R. Tolkein’s 1937 classic, “The Hobbit,” the film series began with An Unexpected Journey and will conclude in 2014 with the third and final installment, There and Back Again.

Check out the most recent trailer:

The Desolation of Smaug continues the events of An Unexpected Journey, in which the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) travels with the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a company of thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) into the Kingdom of Erebor, taking them through Mirkwood, Esgaroth, and Dale to combat with the dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch).

The film released tonight, starting at 12:01 AM in theaters around the country.

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