The Hobbit is a film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson based on a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. The series serves as a prequel to Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy and stars Ian McKellen as Gandalf, and Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins.
The three films will be subtitled An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and There and Back Again (2014)
