Evangeline Lilly and Barry Humphries in The Hobbit

Check it out. Thanks to Peter Jackson’s latest update on his official Facebook page, we know that the casting for The Hobbit isn’t done yet. Sure, we just found out who will be showing up as Smaug and Bard the Grim and filming is already underway, but Jackson is still reeling them in.

Evangeline Lilly is no longer Lost as she finds her way to Middle-Earth as a brand new character known as Tauriel. The name means “daughter of Mirkwood” and she’s a Woodland Elf that, according to Jackson, will not have a romantic connection to Legolas. Is anyone else curious as to why the director felt it was important to point that out?

Tauriel might be new but Barry Humphries is coming onboard as a character that’s been around for a while… or maybe not. I’m a little rusty on the novel but don’t seem to recall an actual character named Goblin King, although there was definitely someone in charge of the wicked baddies. Humphries will portray the Goblin King the same way Andy Serkis does Gollum so the cross-dresser best known for the creation of Dame Edna Everage might not be easily recognizable when the film hits the big screen.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives in theaters on December 14, 2012, with The Hobbit: There and Back Again showing up on the big screen on December 13, 2013.