The second installment of The Hobbit is almost upon us!

Seven new character posters, featuring Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Legolas, Bard The Bowman, Thorin Oakenshield, Tauriel, and Thranduil, have been released for The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug.

Check out all of the posters here below.

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, which is the follow-up to 2012’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, and many more. WB will release the film into theaters on December 13, 2013, with the final installment, There And Back Again, coming to theaters in 2014.

Posters (click thumbnails for larger, full view)

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