Five new characters posters for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have been released by New Line Cinema and MGM to give us a taste of things to come when this second film of the planned Hobbit trilogy is released on December 13, 2013. Four of the posters are dedicated to a single character – Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, Thorin Oakenshield, and Bard the Bowman – while the last poster is split between the elves Legolas and Tauriel, the latter of whom is a new character created specifically for Peter Jackson‘s film.

See all five posters here below after the jump, and click each one for a full-sized, larger view!

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is set to be released in regular 2D, Real-D 3D, HFR 3D, and IMAX 3D on December 13, 2013.

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