'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug:' Designs and Concept Art for Various Characters Revealed [VIDEO]
The character designs and concept art for some of the characters in The Hobbit series have surfaced online.
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The images feature sketches of Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly), Thranduil (Lee Pace), Azog's lieutenant, the orcs and the eleven palace guards. The illustrations are dominated by the beasts which look chillingly scary and are very intricately detailed. Most of the frames focus on headshots of the demonic characters.
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In a recent interview with Hypable, director Peter Jackson spoke about his decision to break the story into three parts, making it a trilogy, suggesting he wanted to give it a similar structure as he gave The Lord of the Rings.
"You want the narrative to be told either through the dialogue or the actions, so that's really why we ended up with the depth and exploring the character depth that we had done on The Lord of the Rings," he said.
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The director went on to speak about needing three parts to engage the complexity of the story.
"I was also acutely aware that there was going to be, ultimately, when this cycle of releasing a movie each year is done, you're going to end up with six films. The Unexpected Journey being the beginning and the Return of the King being the end. I did want to have a unity. I didn't want to make The Hobbit feel any more simple. We wanted it to feel like it was the same," he said.
The Hobbit: There and Back Again will hit theaters on December 18.
Watch the trailer for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug here:
