The Hobbit was first published in 1937
and has been in print ever since. The story is set many
years before the more famous "Load of The Rings".
tells of a great quest by Bilbo Baggins a Hobbit of the
Shire, Gandalf the Grey a Wizard, and thirteen dwarves to
find the treasure taken by the dragon Smaug, the dwarf-hoards
of the Kings under the Mountain, beneath Erebor in Dale, far
off in the East.
During an attack by Orcs in a high pass of the Misty Mountains,
Bilbo became separated from the dwarfs and Gandalf for a
while in the black orc-mines deep under the mountains, and
there, as he groped in vain in the dark, he finds a Ring of
Power that belonged to creature called Gollum.
Bilbo escapes from Gollum and the mountain and rejoins the
dwarves and Gandalf. He uses the Ring to help the quest
first by saving the dwarves on two occasions and later in
their encounter with Smaug.
The film adaption of The Hobbit will be in two parts:
The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013)
A film adaption of the "The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey"
which is part and due for release in 2012 finally got
into production on March 21 201and is being produced and
directed by
Peter Jackson.
Latest: The cast so far
includes:
Bilbo Baggins - Martin Freeman
Gandalf - Sir Ian McKellen
Elrond - Hugo Weaving
Gollum - Andy Serkis
Legolas - Orlando Bloom
Saruman - Christopher Lee
