The Hobbit: First Elijah Wood Picture Released

The first official photo of Elijah Wood in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been released by New Line Cinema.

The 31-year-old actor returns to play Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's forthcoming prequel to his own Lord Of The Rings movies.
New pictures have also been released of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf.

Due to be released in cinemas on 14 December this year, the movie also stars Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, Stephen Fry, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian Holm, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Sylvester McCoy and Christopher Lee.

A group photo of the dwarves from the movie was released recently too.

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