Two new images have surfaced from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It seems we’re going to be getting to know the dwarves, at least the ones we didn’t meet in the previous LOTR Trilogy.

In the first image we see the brothers Dori, the oldest (Mark Hadlow), Nori (Jed Brophy) and the youngest, Ori (Adam Brown). Dori, as most big brothers do, spends much of his time keeping an eye on the youngest and keeping him safe  from Wargs and Goblins. Most of the time no one is sure what Nori has gotten himself into, but odds are it will be  illegal.

The second image shows us Oin and Gloin.  In the original trilogy, John Rhys-Davies portrayed Gimli. Well, Gloin is Gimli’s father and Oin is Gimli’s uncle, Gloin’s brother. Got it?

The dwarves in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will all accompany a Bilbo Baggins (played by Martin Freeman) on the Quest of Erebor on which they found the dragon Smaug and Bilbo encounters Gollum and finds the one Ring. I have to wonder why they didn’t just start here in the first place. J. R. R. Tolkein did.

Given that this new 3D adventure is currently in production in New Zealand and that we’ll be waiting until December 2012 to see it,  I expect that we’ll be getting images of all of the major players in the coming weeks and months. Can’t wait!