New THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Tie-In Book Covers

A few covers for upcoming book tie-ins to Peter Jackson's highly anticipated Lord Of The Rings prequel (which is the first of a new trilogy) have found their way online, featuring some new images of the film's characters. Check them out after the jump.

By PaulRom - Sep 03, 2012 08:09 AM EST

Filed Under: Fantasy

"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 Oakensheild. 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 ofguile 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.

The Official Movie Guide

Enter Bilbo Baggins’ world through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, and all the principal cast and filmmakers, who share film-making secrets and tales of what it was actually like making movie magic in Middle-earth. Lavishly illustrated with behind-the-scenes photos of the actors, locations, sets, creatures and costumes, the book is written by Tolkien expert and Peter Jackson’s official biographer, Brian Sibley.

The Visual Companion

Join the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the wizard and the Company of Dwarves on their Quest to recover treasure stolen by the Dragon, Smaug the Magnificent. Leaving the comfort of Bilbo’s home they must face many perils before they can claim their long-lost gold – Trolls, Elves, Goblins, Wargs, and worse… Written by former Tolkien editor Jude Fisher, this hardcover is richly illustrated with colour photos from the film, and features a brand new map charting the journey from Bag End to Wilderland.

The World Of Hobbits

Younger readers can discover all about Hobbits in this friendly guide to their amazing world. Packed with photos from the new film, this book will tell you all you need to know about Hobbits – their appearance, appetites, homes, friends, deadly foes, and much more.

The Movie Storybook

Relive the story of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in this fantastic photo-filled storybook. Battling against Goblins, Wargs and other forces of evil, will Bilbo Baggins and the Company of Dwarves find the strength to help recapture the lost Kingdom of Erebor? With this amazing retelling of the movie, you too can visit Middle-earth.

These books will be released on November 6th by Houghton Mifflin in the United States and by Harper Collins in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is set to hit theaters December 14th; The Desolation Of Smaug will arrive December 13th, 2013; There And Back Again is scheduled to be released July 18th, 2014.

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24 Comments

DEADP0000L - 9/3/2012, 9:13 AM

The Hobbit:Still Walking
The Hobbit:Again Still Walking
The Hobbit:WTF Are We Still Walking

CaptainAmerica31 - 9/3/2012, 9:21 AM

^^^HAHAHA

UltimateSpiderman - 9/3/2012, 9:29 AM

A wild dated Clerks II reference appeared!

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/3/2012, 9:35 AM

I want this to be awesome but I am just not pumped. Why?
No aragorn, frodo, sam, pippin, merry, gimli, or legalas.
Hopefully the second trailer will change my mind.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/3/2012, 9:42 AM

@timotey
ah. I thought it was going to be a 2 minute cameo or something. Glad its expanded.

Rocket38 - 9/3/2012, 9:46 AM

good article but the movie story ok title ad the world of hobbits book titles need to be swithce around

PaulRom - 9/3/2012, 9:54 AM

@deadpool27: Thanks for the heads up. I'll fix that in a minute.

Ranger14 - 9/3/2012, 9:58 AM

"I want this to be awesome but I am just not pumped. Why?
No aragorn, frodo, sam, pippin, merry, gimli, or legalas."

It's The Hobbit. You have Bilbo, Gandalf, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori, Ori and Thorin Oakenshield ;-)

Ric - 9/3/2012, 10:16 AM

first poster is the best! other posters -> meh

Carne - 9/3/2012, 10:41 AM

Ordered the official movie guide. Can't wait!

AnonymousGuy - 9/3/2012, 10:47 AM

Ironic that the "Visual Companion" book has the worst-looking cover.

SomTingWong - 9/3/2012, 11:18 AM

...

Gigacrusher45 - 9/3/2012, 11:32 AM

Bullshit with the walking joke. You might as well summarize Star Wars by saying

A New Hope: In Space

The Empire Strikes Back: Still in space

Return of the Jedi: WTF are they still in space.

Ranger14 - 9/3/2012, 11:46 AM

^^^ Yes, it is one of the more lame things I have seen posted here. Considering they didn't have planes, trains or automobiles in middle earth, walking is how you got to point A to point B, unless you could afford to have horses for everyone. In that case you would replace walking with riding a horse. I guess most westerns are about riding a horse, still riding a horse and WTF are they still riding horses?

DEADP0000L - 9/3/2012, 11:59 AM

lol the funny thing was Star Wars was not even in space that much in the movie ha

DEADP0000L - 9/3/2012, 12:00 PM

even in the 3 hours Deleted Scenes they are still Walking.. and Walking and wait for it....Walking

Gigacrusher45 - 9/3/2012, 12:18 PM

You clearly skipped all the f-ing battles they had in the movie and didn't pay attention to the plot or developing relationships if all you saw was walking. It's such a immature and moronic thing to say.

Did the transformers movies have too many cars in it for you???

DEADP0000L - 9/3/2012, 12:24 PM

@Gigacrusher45 lol i am just pulling your collar. i enjoyed the lord of the rings mostly the battle and story.

DEADP0000L - 9/3/2012, 12:29 PM

THE HOBBIT:UNEXPECTED WALK

musashi - 9/3/2012, 12:40 PM

The Hobbit is action packed! It will easily fill three movies but I fear that the second one may be a bit thin.

Looking forward to this!! Awesomeness!

0bstreperous - 9/3/2012, 1:15 PM

dwarves will be this movies ewoks

AlexDeLarge87 - 9/3/2012, 1:38 PM

Cant wait the movie. :)

New THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Tie-In Book Covers

A few covers for upcoming book tie-ins to Peter Jackson's highly anticipated Lord Of The Rings prequel (which is the first of a new trilogy) have found their way online, featuring some new images of the film's characters. Check them out after the jump.

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