Six new images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey appeared in Empire Magazine’s coverage of Peter Jackson’s highly-anticipated cinematic return to Middle Earth. The folks at Comic Book Movie managed to get their hands on several pictures featuring a few key characters from the upcoming motion picture.
Since the world simply cannot get enough promotional material for The Hobbit , another batch of images from the film have made their way across the internet. The scanned photographs provide fans with yet another opportunity to peek at Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Gandalf the Grey, and Elrond before the movie hits theaters. If you so choose, you can actually stare at these images while chowing down on Middle Earth-themed foodstuffs from Denny’s restaurant.
Empire Online explains that no less than five different 3D lenticular covers will be released to celebrate the magazine’s Hobbit -themed issue. You can sample the covers by investigating the images embedded at the end of this article.
The official synopsis for the film reads as follows:
“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.”
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Evangeline Lily, Elijah Wood, and Orlando Bloom. The film arrives in theaters on December 14. To see scanned images from the latest issue of Empire , be sure to swing by Comic Book Movie .