Stephen Colbert’s ‘Hobbit’ Interviews + ‘Desolation of Smaug’ Photo

Yesterday we got our first look at Legolas and Bard in the The Hobbit: There and Back Again, the third installment in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of movies adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novel. Now today comes a new photo of Bilbo in a very recognizable part of the story from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Of course, fans of the book will likely be curious as to what the third film will entail if this happens in the second film. Writer Phillipa Boyens says, “everyone can suspect there’s a rather large battle in film three.” Meanwhile, we have some treats from another hardcore Tolkien nerd: Stephen Colbert. See below! Here’s the first look photo from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug out of the way (via EW): As we all know, Stephen Colbert has some sort of small part in The Hobbit trilogy. However, we’re not sure if Colbert shows up …