The HOBBIT Trilogy | A Complete Retrospective

Video Description

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRUQ-RKfUs PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElPJr_tKkO4 PART 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7t_g5QObs 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePrimeTheater Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/prime_of_gamer/ Outro Music: Running in the 80s 1.5x speed Galvatron: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2UkUpgwb1fRC0NsTx8Sg8g