The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster has landed online, featuring Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Martin Freeman as Bilbo, and more.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug news just continues to flow online as we head towards the film’s December 13 release date. Click on the poster below to view it in full size:
The first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was incredible enough, giving us our first look at Smaug the dragon, but the second trailer for the film took the action to a whole new level. We finally got to hear Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug.
In the most recent trailer we get new looks at Orlando Bloom as Legolas and the Elven guard of Mirkwood, Tauriel, played by Lost star Evangeline Lilly. The budding romance between the two is briefly on display. Bilbo was shown draped in messy webs in what will be the battle involving loads of spiders.
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We also got a glimpse of Bilbo and the dwarves being washed down the river in barrels after escaping Mirkwood and some great looks at Lake Town. Perhaps the best part of the latest trailer were the new glimpses of Smaug (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) himself. We got to hear a couple of lines from the highly-anticipated character as he addresses Bilbo and sends an inescapable amount of fire his way.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug release date is set for December 13, 2013. It is the second film in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy based on the novels by revered author J.R.R Tolkien.
The final movie in The Hobbit trilogy, There and Back Again, will hit theaters December 2014. Jackson had originally intended for The Hobbit to only be two films, but later decided last year during post-production that it would become a trilogy.