A week ago we got wind of a possible title change for The Hobbit: There and Back Again. Into The Fire was the title that was heavily rumoured, but as our own Tom White said on the podcast it could well be called The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. And looks like Tom’s intuition was right (for a change )
Peter Jackson himself posted it via his Facebook page saying that he had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. Jackson goes onto to say that they decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. They reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, they all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate.
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
The director also says that people shouldn’t be surprised if the title “There and Back Again” will be used on a box set of the three movies. And before he signed off he also mentioned that the extended edition of The Desolation Of Smaug is nearly finished, with an extra 25 minutes of new scenes, complimented with original music by Howard Shore.
