I’ve been waiting for this moment. I’ve waited for years to see the first official image of whoever would be playing Bilbo in costume and Peter Jackson consciously looking intent while speaking to him about a scene. It’s been my desired desktop background image since the announcement of this film and today I finally get to right click and “set as background”.
Via: The Film Stage
“The Hobbit” follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the 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 Oakensheild. 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.
December 2012 seems a heckuva lot further away now. They put actual images to my imagination and now the radar is broken. F’n great. I love that PJ seems to be getting back to his “jolly” weight cus jolly PJ made Academy Award winners while slim PJ… well, let’s just be grateful that he’s returned to Middle-Earth.
