POTD: 'The Hobbit' Scroll Shows Ten Scenes, And A First Look At Beorn

A batch of new images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have hit today, but Warner Bros., MGM, and Entertainment Weekly have hit upon an unusual and (in this case) appropriate way to present them all at once. The images are stitched together to form one giant image "scroll" that shows several recognizable scenes from the first half of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel.

That piece above is just part of the image, and those who know the novel will instantly recognize a couple of the scenes depicted. Nearly everyone will recognize the moment on the left, in which Bilbo (Martin Freeman) uses the sword Sting to light his way through an underground cavern inhabited by Gollum (Andy Serkis). The other images below show Wargs howling around goblin-lit fires meant to flush Bilbo and his company from trees on the far side of the Misty Mountains, and the first look at Gandalf (Ian McKellen) speaking with the man-bear Beorn (Mikael Persbrandt).

One version of the full image is below.

You can click this image to enlarge, but the one at EW has a zoom function featuring a lot more detail.

We'll report more details about the film this coming weekend at Comic Con, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens on December 14.