Thanks to the folks at Heirs of Durin, several new images from Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have hit the web! Including new promo images in a 16-month, 2013 calender and also new stills from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, check out the six images (which you can enlarge by clicking) below!
The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever…Gollum.
Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities … A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
The first installment in The Hobbit trilogy stars Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, Andy Serkis as Gollum, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug, Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman, Christopher Lee as Saruman the White, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins and Orlando Bloom as Legolas.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits theaters December 14th 2012, the second installment,
The Hobbit: There And Back Again (title subject to change) hits December 13th, 2013 and the third chapter of the trilogy hits Summer 2014!