As we venture ever closer to a return to Middle-earth, Warner Bros.' marketing machine is beginning to kick into overdrive on Peter Jackson's latest J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy; last week saw the release of the second theatrical trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and following the arrival of a new one-sheet featuring Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins comes another poster (via Peter Jackson's Facebook), this time focusing on Thorin Oakenshield's (Richard Armitage) Company of Dwarves:
Joining Amitage in Thorin's Company are Graham McTavish as Dwalin, Ken Stott as Balin, Aidan Turner as Kili, Dean O'Gorman as Fili, Mark Hadlow as Dori, Jed Brophy as Nori, Adam Brown as Ori, John Callen as Oin, Peter Hambleton as Gloin, William Kircher as Bifur, James Nesbitt as Bofur and Stephen Hunter as Bombur. Also appearing in the epic cast are Lord of the Rings veterans Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Ian Holm (Elder Bilbo), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Elijah Wood (Frodo), Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Andy Serkis (Gollum), along with a host of new arrivals to Middle-earth, including Evangeline Lilly (Tauriel), Sylvester McCoy (Radagast the Brown), Barry Humphries (The Great Goblin), Stephen Fry (Master of Laketown), Luke Evans (Bard the Bowman), Billy Connolly (Dain II Ironfoot) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Smaug).
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits cinemas on December 14th, followed by The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on December 13th, 2013 and The Hobbit: There and Back Again on July 18th, 2014.
Joining Amitage in Thorin's Company are Graham McTavish as Dwalin, Ken Stott as Balin, Aidan Turner as Kili, Dean O'Gorman as Fili, Mark Hadlow as Dori, Jed Brophy as Nori, Adam Brown as Ori, John Callen as Oin, Peter Hambleton as Gloin, William Kircher as Bifur, James Nesbitt as Bofur and Stephen Hunter as Bombur. Also appearing in the epic cast are Lord of the Rings veterans Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Ian Holm (Elder Bilbo), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Elijah Wood (Frodo), Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Andy Serkis (Gollum), along with a host of new arrivals to Middle-earth, including Evangeline Lilly (Tauriel), Sylvester McCoy (Radagast the Brown), Barry Humphries (The Great Goblin), Stephen Fry (Master of Laketown), Luke Evans (Bard the Bowman), Billy Connolly (Dain II Ironfoot) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Smaug).
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits cinemas on December 14th, followed by The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on December 13th, 2013 and The Hobbit: There and Back Again on July 18th, 2014.