The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Teaser Trailer Is Here—Watch Now!

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by Natalie Finn | Mon., Jul. 28, 2014 12:36 PM

The Hobbit, The Battle of the Five Armies, Trailer

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Bilbo Baggins is this much closer to being there and back again.

The first teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the sure-to-be-epic conclusion of Peter Jackson's second Middle-earth trilogy, was released today, tweeted out by the film's account and promptly retweeted by Gandalf himself, Ian McKellen.

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And what can we possibly say about the 1-minute, 57-second sneak peek? The battle sequences look unbelievable; Evangeline Lilly, Cate Blanchettand Orlando Bloom make for a beautiful trio of elves; Gandalf the Grey is one of the more reassuring presences ever to grace the big screen; Luke Evans' Bard is as commanding as ever; and it's so nice to see Martin Freemanback in Bilbo mode after having had extremely mixed feelings about him in Fargo.

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Freeman and McKellen were the notable missing presences at the film's Comic-Con 2014 presentation over the weekend—but Stephen Colbert, dressed in full hobbit regalia, moderating a panel that included Jackson, Lilly, Bloom, Blanchett, Evans, Elijah Wood, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis and Lee Pace certainly helped mitigate the situation.

Let's just say, swoon-times-9.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies swoops into theaters in 3-D and IMAX on Dec. 17, the perfect multifaceted package to unwrap for the holidays.

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