New Promo Artwork For THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Released

New Promo Artwork For THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Released

Two new pieces of promo artwork for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have been released, and they feature the iconic barrel sequence (which has clearly been fleshed out as more action-packed by Peter Jackson) and Bilbo's reflection in the eye of Smaug!

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By JoshWilding - Aug 17, 2013 04:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: Bleeding Cool









The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.


STARRING:

Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield
Graham McTavish as Dwalin
Ken Stott as Balin
Aidan Turner as Kíli
Dean O'Gorman as Fíli
Mark Hadlow as Dori
Jed Brophy as Nori
Adam Brown as Ori
John Callen as Óin
Peter Hambleton as Glóin
William Kircher as Bifur
James Nesbitt as Bofur
Stephen Hunter as Bombur
Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman
Hugo Weaving as Elrond
Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
Orlando Bloom as Legolas
Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel
Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug

RELEASE DATE: December 11th, 2013.
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Starkasm
Starkasm - 8/17/2013, 5:05 AM
Dat poster.
Starkasm
Starkasm - 8/17/2013, 5:06 AM
Really enjoyed the first one.
Peter Jackson is the man. Screw Tolkien's kids.
Ikhthus
Ikhthus - 8/17/2013, 5:17 AM
@ Starkasm - I don't understand some of the negative publicity that the first part got. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to part two.
Starkasm
Starkasm - 8/17/2013, 5:29 AM
Same here man. Cant please everyone unfortunately
subzero1077
subzero1077 - 8/17/2013, 5:35 AM
Yawn.
Odin
Odin - 8/17/2013, 6:24 AM
Cool.
StarkAnthony
StarkAnthony - 8/17/2013, 6:52 AM
PJ's Hobbit was very self indulgent and stretching it to 3 movies is really hurting this adaptation. From including stuff that doesn't fit the story of the Hobbit, to making stuff up to take up time, and turning every scene into a big action scene, PJ is really messing this one up. And that's on top of the effects that look far more fake than the ones ten years ago from LotR. The movie looks like a cartoon. I really wanted to like it, thought it would work, but it didnt. I was hoping that somehow they would turn it around for the next one, but turning the barrels into an action scene makes it clear the trend will continue. I know things need to be expanded and fleshed out, changes happen in different media, but there's a wrong way and a right way and making every piece of the book into an action scene is te wrong way.
Super12
Super12 - 8/17/2013, 7:08 AM
You guys are confusing PJ's artistic decisions with Tolkein's tonal differences. The Hobbit was a child's book, a much more lighthearted and fun romp than the LOTR was. So the "gold light" coloring and the "roller coaster" action scenes is partly PJ (who is very much a kid at heart) trying to capture the youthful feel of the Hobbit and give it it's own tone, while also trying to connect it in the same vein as LOTR.

If it was less comical and fun you would be complaining that it was too dark. Don't get me wrong, I could've gone without most of that underground theme park action scene, but I get why it's like that. Oh well, the rest of the movie is phenomenal.

*oh and the trolls were British sounding fools cause that's what they were like in the book. That scene was about as close to the source material as it gets
HelaGood
HelaGood - 8/17/2013, 7:46 AM
i hope part 2 will be better than part 1. part 1 was soooooo sloooooow...
Grayson7954
Grayson7954 - 8/17/2013, 8:07 AM
@kevberg, the trolls dialogue, names and their characterizations of those three, were exactly how they were in the book the hobbit. so while there is a difference between them and lotr, it would be majorly going against source material to change them up like that
Effusion
Effusion - 8/17/2013, 8:15 AM
I like it.
RancidBane
RancidBane - 8/17/2013, 8:31 AM
Love this poster
sahind
sahind - 8/17/2013, 8:41 AM

PeterParker1991
PeterParker1991 - 8/17/2013, 11:31 AM
LEGOLAS!!!!
Dusk
Dusk - 8/17/2013, 1:43 PM
SOMEBODY PLEASE POST A PIC OF "GROWN UPS" POSTER WITH THE GUYS IN THE WATER SLIDES AND COMPARE IT TO THE HOBBIT PICTURE ABOVE!!!!!
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 8/17/2013, 1:52 PM
Super12 and Grayson7954
THANK YOU! I've been stating these facts in every Hobbit article. People on this site just don't know their source material.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 8/17/2013, 1:52 PM
Dusk
No.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 8/17/2013, 1:53 PM
Helagood
read the book and you'll find out if it will be better.
WhiteSAMURAI
WhiteSAMURAI - 8/17/2013, 2:06 PM
Looks really cool. I'm one of those people that actually liked the first one but I just really hope it doesn't drag too much (remember the first hour of the last one).
Facade
Facade - 8/17/2013, 3:23 PM
Getting closer...looking forward to seeing some tie-ins soon.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 8/17/2013, 6:37 PM
Cant wait to see this and the third film. Wait till you see the third, the whole film will be more epic than the second and first which are both epic.
Dusk
Dusk - 8/18/2013, 8:38 PM
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