Gandalf, Bilbo, Legolas, Tauriel and more prepare for battle with seven new "Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" character posters.

Latest Film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Cast Ian McKellen, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom ...

Astin, who played the hobbit Samwise Gamgee, confirmed on The Jim and Sam Show in 2008 he was offered $250,000 total for filming the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy (or, $75,000 per movie).