Hey everyone on the internet! Watch The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer now!
We finally get to see Legolas acting tough, and Evangeline Lilly channeling some Galadriel-esque gravitas for Tauriel – here’s hoping the film devotes at least an hour to an intense discussion of whether this is, or is not, the elves’ fight. We’re introduced to Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman! Radagast returns! And Smaug is just, well, awesome, even without Benedict Cumberbatch’s voice.
For those of you who don’t have friendly flash players, here’s the international release of the trailer (but it has subtitles):