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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 epic high-fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and produced by WingNut Films in collaboration with New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was distributed by New Line Cinema, and it was also distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Internationally, is the second installment in the three-part film series based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film was preceded by An Unexpected Journey and followed by The Battle of the Five Armies; together they operate as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.