THE HOBBIT - Awesome New Image of Bilbo Baggins!

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is my number one most anticipated film of 2012, and today I bring you a fantastic new image featuring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins with his sword Sting. This is the most badass image of Bilbo that we've seen so far. Damn, I cant wait to see this movie! 

Screenwriter Philippa Boyens had this to say in a recent interview about what kind of movie this will be,

The story is very much a children’s story so deciding how to tell this was one of the first things we had to do. Who is the audience? It is very distinctly different, tonally, to ‘Lord of the Rings’ until the very end and then you begin to see the world of Middle-earth opening up… but, having said that, we felt that it is the same audience [who will come to see the films] and then you start to worry because it is easy to repeat yourself. It is quite a similar journey, you’re going from the Shire to a large, dangerous mountain.

The HobbitAn Unexpected Journey will be released beginning December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is set for release the following year, on December 13, 2013. Watch the new trailer again below.

Check out the synopsis 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.

Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, the character he played in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Martin Freeman in the central role of Bilbo Baggins. Also reprising their roles from The Lord of the Rings movies are: Cate Blanchett as GaladrielIan Holm as the elder Bilbo; Christopher Lee as SarumanHugo Weaving as ElrondElijah Wood as FrodoOrlando Bloom as Legolas; and Andy Serkis as Gollum.

The ensemble cast also includes (in alphabetical order) Richard ArmitageJohn BellJed BrophyAdam BrownJohn Callen,Luke EvansStephen FryRyan GageMark HadlowPeter HambletonBarry HumphriesStephen HunterWilliam Kircher,Evangeline LillySylvester McCoyBret McKenzieGraham McTavishMike MizrahiJames NesbittDean O’GormanLee Pace,Mikael PersbrandtConan StevensKen StottJeffrey Thomas, and Aidan Turner.

The screenplays for both The HobbitAn Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are by Fran Walsh,Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson. Jackson is also producing the films, together with Fran Walsh andCarolynne Cunningham. The executive producers are Alan HornKen KaminsToby Emmerich and Zane Weiner, with Boyens serving as co-producer.

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