A new Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster has debuted.

The image released by New Line Cinema features the 13 dwarf stars of the movie, Digital Spy said.

Led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), the dwarves are Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori and Ori.

They will be played by Graham McTavish, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt and Stephen Hunter.

The characters turn up unannounced at Bag End, the home of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), before sweeping him off on an adventure to liberate their home - the Lonely Mountain - which has been occupied by the dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - the first part of the planned trilogy - will be released on December 14, 2012.