The Hobbit's Gandalf and Bilbo Grace the August Cover of EMPIRE

The Hobbit's Gandalf and Bilbo Grace the August Cover of EMPIRE

Follow the jump to view the first Hobbit magazine cover featuring younger versions of Gandalf the Grey and Bilbo Baggins.

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By Hawksblueyes - Jun 26, 2011 09:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: EMPIRE ONLINE

We have already seen some photo's from the set of The Hobbit, currently filming in New Zealand. Today EMPIRE Online posted a photo of the first magazine cover to feature The Hobbit. The cover gives us a look at a much younger version of Gandalf the Grey and Bilbo Baggins.

Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth staring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom is due out December 2012.

Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug.


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Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 6/26/2011, 9:05 AM
;P
ComicsCommando
ComicsCommando - 6/26/2011, 9:18 AM
Looks like Gandalf needs to stop smokin' the pipe... Just look at his eyes.
sonofsamadams
sonofsamadams - 6/26/2011, 9:29 AM
Awesomeness
dmm5
dmm5 - 6/26/2011, 9:37 AM
Troll: "This website is suppose to be about COMIC BOOK movies, not FANTASY movies -_-"

XD Sorry, I just had to
CBMfan001
CBMfan001 - 6/26/2011, 9:39 AM
now this is a movie iv been waiting so so long,so glad that finally this movie is coming out next year,along with TDKR and avengers,the hobbit is one of my most anticipated films for 2012.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/26/2011, 9:41 AM
gandalf,the greatest wizard of them all.

bring on the hobbit.
mynnDAWG
mynnDAWG - 6/26/2011, 9:42 AM
whoaaa nelly!
Cross
Cross - 6/26/2011, 9:48 AM
GANDALF >>>
ComicsCommando
ComicsCommando - 6/26/2011, 9:52 AM
I wonder who would win in a duel of Gandalf Vs. Merlin Vs. Dumbledore.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 6/26/2011, 9:57 AM
ComicsCommando: Gandalf would kick that ass. =D
level1paladin
level1paladin - 6/26/2011, 10:06 AM
He looks older now. He is, after all.
ComicsCommando
ComicsCommando - 6/26/2011, 10:11 AM
I agree, Hawksblueyes. It would be such an epic duel to watch. I think Dumbledore would be the first to go. Gandalf the Grey probably wouldn't last, but Gandalf the White would do some serious damage! But then again, Merlin is like the grandaddy of the wizards.
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 6/26/2011, 10:26 AM
lol it says young gandalf yet he still looks billions of years old
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 6/26/2011, 10:41 AM
Commando: Gandalf the Grey took out the Balrog.

HULK2099: It says "younger" not "young." If I remember correctly, The events in The Hobbit take place around 50 years before the events in LOTR. Gandalf walked Middle Earth for hundreds of years before any of these events occurred.
w8tng2die
w8tng2die - 6/26/2011, 10:54 AM
hawks, it does say "young" on the cover
wizards age slowly in middle earth though they were always old
w8tng2die
w8tng2die - 6/26/2011, 10:55 AM
and yeah Gandalf would smite dumbledore upon the mountain side..
PirateOpossum
PirateOpossum - 6/26/2011, 10:57 AM
Freeman was a perfect choice
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 6/26/2011, 10:58 AM
w8tng2die: Thanks. I see that now. I thought he was refering to the reference in the article.
GLprime2814
GLprime2814 - 6/26/2011, 11:02 AM
Sweet
w8tng2die
w8tng2die - 6/26/2011, 11:18 AM
hawks, and i thought you were referring to the cover, no worries..
ComicsCommando
ComicsCommando - 6/26/2011, 11:29 AM
True Hawks, but that battle with the Balrog is what killed Gandalf in the first place.
NiteSoul69
NiteSoul69 - 6/26/2011, 11:33 AM
glad they are filming Hobbit part 1 and 2 back to back since Ian just turned 73
AC1
AC1 - 6/26/2011, 11:38 AM
Freeman's a perfect choice for Bilbo! And it's cool that he also looks a bit like Pippin from the LOTR trilogy, since Pippin is a relative of Bilbo, and the book often refers to Bilbo's 'Tookishness'.
This is going to be an amazing couple of films.
Really
Really - 6/26/2011, 12:14 PM
Awesome Sauce!
IndigoDevil
IndigoDevil - 6/26/2011, 12:21 PM
Ian Mckellen is the man!
Forilaz
Forilaz - 6/26/2011, 12:35 PM
At first, I was skeptical, but after seeing the screens and the way it's handled, I slowly get really excited. It's going to be awesome.

And the cover rocks, Ian McKellen is a god.
Retardo
Retardo - 6/26/2011, 1:00 PM
He looks as crazy and hobo-ish as ever, hopefully this will b as good as the last series, never read the books but was won over by the trilogy...

Nice find, check out my Nemesis fan cast if u got the chance!
Facade
Facade - 6/26/2011, 1:15 PM
All hail!!!
Fogs
Fogs - 6/26/2011, 2:23 PM
Gandalf rules, as usual. In PJ we trust!
HeadlessJensen
HeadlessJensen - 6/26/2011, 2:36 PM
Good day indeed. Gandaaaaaallllfff!
davidbatmanfan
davidbatmanfan - 6/26/2011, 7:03 PM
I cant wait for this movie!!!!
Moonwalker1991
Moonwalker1991 - 6/26/2011, 7:08 PM
Bring it. One thing I never understood about Return of the King.. why did Frodo leave? I was pretty darn sad when he left Middle-Earth. Very emotional scene.
Fogs
Fogs - 6/26/2011, 7:58 PM
^^ in the book all ringbearers went to the undying lands (including sam, who went in his old age, since he used the ring briefly though gorgoroth)... Why isn't clear, but I see it as a form of compensation for their suffering, and since their nature was changed due to the ring usage, they could achieve their full potential at Valinor (though wouldn't be immortal).

In the case of frodo it's said that he couldn't live in middle earth anymore, since he always felt some part of him was missing (attachment to the power of the ring, seen in the movie as Bilbo asking for the ring even in very old age), and the pain he often felt because of the nazgûl (witchking) blade.
Fracture
Fracture - 6/27/2011, 11:18 AM
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said
The chances, the changes, are all yours to make
The mold of your life is in your hands to break
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