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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 3948915" data-attributes="member: 8863">Gandalf at this point had convinced the White Council (Elrond, Saruman, Galadriel, and a few other important elves) to attack Dol Guldur to drive Sauron out.  This wasn't his first attempt to get the Council to do so, because previously Saruman had resisted.  Saruman cooperated at this point because Sauron's agents were snooping around the Gladden Fields were Isildur died, and Saruman was worried that those agents would find the One Ring before his own agents did.  Naturally, Gollum had the Ring, and Bilbo ended up with it.  And the strike on Dol Guldur was largely meaningless, since Sauron just snuck out and returned to Mordor.With two films, I certainly hope Beorn gets some screen time.  The Battle of the Five Armies is probably going to be great the way it is given the PJ has already proven how well he can handle the epic battles, but it won't be the same without a massive CG Beorn in bear shape smacking down goblins left and right.  The audience will likely cheer when he shows up and saves the day.As for the second film, I believe that PJ wants to show some of the stuff that connects the story of the Hobbit with the LoTR.  So possibly there'll be Dol Guldur, elements of the White Council, and maybe Gandalf meeting with Thorin and the other dwarves before recruiting Bilbo.  There may also be stuff that occurs between the two books.</blockquote>