New footage in latest TV spot for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

With less than a month to go before we return to Middle-earth, we should probably expect a flood of promotional material for the second chapter of Peter Jackson's three-part Lord of the Rings prequel over the next three and a bit weeks, and to kick off this week we have the latest TV spot for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which features some previously unseen footage, as well as some new dialogue from the fearsome Smaug, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch; check it out here....

"The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor."


The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is set for release on December 13th, with a cast that also includes Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Evangeline Lilly (Tauriel), Lee Pace (Thranduil), Andy Serkis (Gollum), Christopher Lee (Saruman the White), Ian Holm (Old Bilbo), Elijah Wood (Frodo) Sylvester McCoy (Radagast the Brown), Ken Stott (Balin), Dwalin (Graham McTavish), Kili (Aidan Turner), Fili (Dean O'Gorman), Mark Hadlow (Dori), Jed Brophy (Nori), Adam Brown (Ori), John Callen (Oin), Peter Hambleton (Gloin), William Kircher (Bifur), James Nesbitt (Bofur), Stephen Hunter (Bombur), Luke Evans (Bard the Bowman), Manu Bennett (Azog), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Billy Connolly (Dain Ironfoot) and Stephen Fry (Master of Lake-Town).