Following up on yesterday’s poster, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has unleashed a trailer before it launches in front of Man of Steel this weekend. The scope looks equally grand and the visuals will hopefully be eye-popping but not eye-straining like it was with the supercharged 48 FPS launch to the trilogy.

Whether Jackson and company will get a hint from the universal rejection of this fledgling technology is yet to be seen but considering the extra expenses put into the use of the technology, I would personally be more surprised if they did abandon the jarring technological “advancement”.

In this newest look at the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, we see Martin Freeman return as Bilbo, Ian McKellan back as Gandalf as well as some good ol’ Orlando Bloom elfing it up as Legolas alongside Lost‘s Evangeline Lilly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnaojlfdUbs

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is directed by Peter Jackson and stars Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, Luke Evans, Cate Blanchette, Evangeline Lilly, Richard Artmitage, Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis and Stephen Fry. It hits theaters over this holiday season on December 13.

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