Listen. They’ve divided The Hobbit up into three films so it’s about time we all just got over it…
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s have an excited look at the first trailer for the second film in the trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
As Thorin (Richard Armitage) and his company of courageous dwarves continue on their quest to reclaim their homeland from the evil dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), they are accompanied by the plucky Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who is now in possession of the One Ring.
That’s the really, really, really evil piece of jewellery in case you were wondering. Almost as evil as an engagement ring.
In this first trailer, we see the return of most of The Hobbit’s regular characters (both goodies and baddies) as well as some welcome, new faces including Bard the Bowman (friend of JOE, Luke Evans) and the lovely Elven warrior Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly). There are also plenty of shots of Lord of The Rings veteran, but The Hobbit newbie, Legolas (Orlando Bloom).
In particular though, keep an eye out for Smaug the Dragon himself at the end of the action-packed trailer.
In fact, you can’t really miss him as Jackson shows way more of the scaled beast in this tiny clip than he did in the entirety of the first film.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is scheduled for release in Ireland on December 13
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