Elves vs. Dwarves?! 'Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies' Ups the Ante in Exclusive Clip

It’s a bad time be stuck on the Lonely Mountain, as we discover in this clip from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, exclusively on Yahoo Movies.

Aside from dealing with Smaug, the goblins, and the orcs, Thorin and his band of dwarves face another powerful foe. Thranduil (Lee Pace, the leader of the Mirkwood elves) wants a piece of the dragon’s treasure hoard and is willing to fight for it.

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"The dwarves are out of time," he snarls to a nervous, pipe-puffing Gandalf (Ian McKellen).

The wizard better think of something fast to save those stubborn little guys with the braided beards!

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies storms theaters on Dec. 17.