The Hobbit – First Official Image from the Set

These are a couple of movies that I’m very excited about: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are coming out in December 2012 and December 2013 respectively.  I cannot wait to see how Peter Jackson’s return to Middle-earth unfolds.  I’m not planning on reporting extensively about this, but I wanted to share the first official picture from the set of the film.

We’ll all have to wait until Dec. 14, 2012, for the full fruits of director Peter Jackson’s labors on his two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hobbit. But, to tide us over, Jackson has shared the first images from his Lord of the Rings prequels with EW — and talked to us about how the fantasy epic is shaping up so far. (For the full story, pick up the issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands June 24.)

Visit EW.com for a couple more pictures.  One with Gandalf the Grey and the other with Peter Jackson and Martin Freeman on the set. [EW.com]