Balin and Dwalin revealed in latest 'Hobbit' photo

Ken Stott as Balin and Graham McTavish as Dwalin.
Photo by James Fisher

The dwarves of "The Hobbit" are making their rounds across the internet. The latest are Balin (Ken Stott) and Dwalin (Graham McTavish) who appeared at Time.

Five were revealed on Peter Jackson's Facebook page, followed by two more at IGN.

According to the information provided to Time: "Dwarf Lords in their own right, Balin and Dwalin are close relatives of Thorin. Beyond this, these brothers are two of his most loyal and trusted friends. An old warrior, Balin has lived through hard times and fought many battles, yet he harbors doubts about the wisdom of the Quest to retake the Lonely Mountain. Dwalin has no such forebodings--his belief in Thorin’s leadership is unshakeable. A powerful and bruising fighter, with a natural tendency to distrust anyone who is not a Dwarf, particularly anyone who might be an Elf, Dwalin is not someone to cross lightly."

"The Hobbit" will be presented at two films. The first, titled “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” will be released on Dec. 14, 2012. The second, titled “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,” is slated for release the following year, on Dec. 13, 2013.

Both films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” The adventure of “The Hobbit” follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.