The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Stings!

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We have Bilbo! We have Sting! We have an update on one unexpected, and hopefully incredible, journey! Hey, that refers to on and off the set of The Hobbit!

The LA Times just shared this dramatic new image from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and we couldn’t help but jump for joy because of it. Covered in sweat and grime, it depicts one courageous hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins. He is acted this time around by Martin Freeman. Sting, that very special blade, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to have changed at all.

The Times also suggested that “an unexpected journey” has become “a sort of epic inside joke” on the set. You remember, don’t you, all the trials that came along with making this prequel a reality? There were enough delays to make a grey wizard go mad. Still, director Peter Jackson must be sitting more comfortably now. He tells the Times that fate has been “kind”. We’re glad, Peter, because it is the fans who will reap plenty of benefits when Middle Earth erupts again into the cinema. So, mark your calendars for December 14th.

Jackson can also smile because over the weekend, at the 69th Golden Globe Awards, Steven Spielberg accepted the statuette for The Adventures of Tintin, which won Best Animated Feature Film. Though Jackson was absent, Spielberg heartily thanked the Tintin producer. Tintin also starred Andy Serkis, who you will see reprising the role of Gollum this coming December. He’s joined by Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee and even Ian Holm, who will return to the character of Bilbo when we have to see his more aged version.