It’s a great time to be a Hobbit fan with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey due out in just a few months. Fans have now got a look at four new creative banners that have been revealed for the feature, which you can see below, and New Zealand has gone the extra mile as well. Peter Jackson has definitely brought a lot of business to the country with the filming there, and while his visual love of the landscape may be the butt of jokes for some, it certainly fits in with the old school fantasy imagery of what such a world would look like. To help celebrate the upcoming release, New Zealand has put out a series of commemorative coins and stamps for the feature. Click the images below to see them in their full glory.
Plot Concept: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the 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. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities… A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
[Source: Collider]
