The new trailer for Peter Jackson's second installment of The Hobbit is out, revealing a few new faces as well as the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug the Dragon.

The trailer not only shows the familiar faces from the first The Hobbit film, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), and Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and his fellow dwarven warriors,  but also introduces Legolas (Orlando Bloom), his love interest Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly), and the human Bard, the Bowman (Luke Evans from Fast & Furious 6).

The new trailer has only increased my desire to see the film.  The action looks great, and the Middle Earth landscapes look as stunning as always.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug arrives in 3D and IMAX December 13th.