"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" will be hitting theatres this December and is the second of three trilogies based on J.R.R. Tolkiens 1937 novel. The "Hobbit 2" continues from the first original 'Hobbit' as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins contiues on a journey with the great wizard Gandolf, and 13 other dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield into the Kingdom of Erebor. The team of Dwarves and Gandolf will travel through Mirkwood, Esgaroth, and Dale to go to battle  with the dreadful dragon Smaug.  

The journey continues as "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" goes on a epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the Kingdom of Erebor as the group runs into multple encounters along their way. Bilbo and Gandolf, along with the 13 dwarves run into the skin changing Beorn and a abundance of giant spiders as they head into the dark forest of Mirkwood. Almost in the clear, they are captured by dangerous wood elves. As the group continues through Mirkwood, the Dwarves began traveling to Lake Town and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself. 

"The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" will challenge the dwarves courage and friendship as the team goes into the Lonely Mountain to defeat the Dragon Smaug. As they try to defeat the dragon, the Dwarves will have to decide wether or not their journey was worth dying or losing eachother during an epic battle to regain the Lonely Mountain. In the secondary plot line, Gandalf leads the White Council to wash out the Necromancer of Dol Guldor. Gandalf discovers that the world has been completely blind to an evil up-rising from the very place that they tried to bury it. "The Hobbit :Desolation of Smaug" premieres in theatres this December. For more information on the film go here.