The HOBBIT AN Unexpected Journey is Coming!

It’s time to take an unexpected journey back to Middle Earth. It will all begin in The Shire, with the most unexpected of creatures, a Hobbit. I’m speaking of the upcoming prequel adventure, of course, and here is a heart warming trailer just for you. I’ll bet you will want to watch it more than once!

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first half of the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings prequel which stars Martin Freeman as the young Bilbo Baggins. From New Line Cinema, MGM, and Warner Bros. Pictures, the film follows Bilbo as Ian McKellen’s Gandalf sends him on a perilous journey alongside a number of dwarves. Their mission is to reconquer the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, taken long ago by the dragon Smaug. You can guess the journey will be quite epic.

Along the way, some familiar faces you will encounter are those of Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, and even Andy Serkis. Woo! There are new faces as well. Richard Armitage brings to life Thorin Oakenshield; Lost‘s Evangeline Lilly is Tauriel, an elf from Mirkwood; Lee Pace is Thranduil, father of Legolas; and amazingly, Freeman’s Sherlock co-star Benedict Cumberbatch will provide the voice of Smaug!

I hear our group of travelers will encounter Goblins, Orcs, enormous spiders, a shapeshifter or two and sorcerers a-plenty. Hey, is it 2012 yet, because I can’t wait.