The Hobbit: First Look at Thranduil and The Great Goblin

More publicity images and concept art for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first installment in the trilogy, have found their way online.

Both io9 and Gamma Squad point out the image below of Pushing Daisies actor Lee Pace as the Elvenking Thranduil, father of Legolas, taken from upcoming promotional material.

Meanwhile, TheOneRing.net (via Heirs of Durin) point out this Facebook page for a French Hobbit fan site that posted images of what they believe to be the Great Goblin, aka Goblin King, played by Barry Humphries in the Hobbit movies.

This screen grab from a past Hobbit video blog entry could show an actor being prepped for their Goblin role, a creation that will be fleshed out later via CGI:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens December 14.

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Indiana Jones 5 Not in the Works

According to producer Frank Marshall, rumours of a fifth Indiana Jones film have been greatly exaggerated.

While doing the publicity rounds for The Bourne Legacy, Marshall discussed George Lucas’s position with Crave Online, explaining: “I think he’s thinking about ideas but he’s certainly not writing one. We’d love to keep the series going but again it’s got to be a really good story. They’re hard to do.”

The most recent film in the series - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – received mixed reviews when it hit in 2008, but went on to gross $787m world-wide.

And as far as Marshall is concerned, the franchise could end there. “I say, for me, [Kingdom of the Crystal Skull] is the last hurrah” he told Collider. “I know that yes, we talked about [a fifth film], but there’s no idea. There’s no MacGuffin.”

Chris Tilly is the Entertainment Editor for IGN and wishes they'd left it at three. His idle chat can be found on both Twitter and MyIGN.

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