As Peter Jackson recently revealed a new film title for The Hobbit: There and Back Again,  it seems like a third title was initially in the running.

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While the official news broke out much later, Enstars was already on to the buzz about a title change on the cards and before Jackson revealed that the new title will be The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies, there seems to have been another title in the running.

Enstars had already reported that something was brewing around the film title earlier this month.

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An inside source had revealed that the studio, New Line, had resgistered a new title, The Hobbit: Into the Fire. But seems like the studio and director went through another round of reviewing the title.

Jackson revealed the new title for The Hobbit Part 3 on April 24 suggesting that he thought that There and Back Again was actually redundant.

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The director announced that he had retitled the film, which will now be called The Battle of the Five Armies, via his Facebook page on April 24.

He expressed his reasons for making the change:

"There and Back Again felt like the right name for the second of a two films telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo's arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film," wrote Jackson. "But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced - after all, Bilbo has already arrived 'there' in the Desolation of Smaug."

Jackson said he had been considering the change for quite some time now and even had a conversation with the studio about that during the premiere trip for the Desolation of Smaug.   

"We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at," he stated. "We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate."

The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies will hit theaters on Dec. 18.

Watch the trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug:

  

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