Faster than you can say "Game of Thrones," a brand new teaser trailer for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" arrives and reminds everybody that J.R.R. Tolkein's Smaug was the O.G. in the dragon scene.

Peter Jackson's second entry in his "The Lord of the Rings" prequel trilogy isn't due in theaters until December 13, but, hot on the heels of yesterday's poster reveal, this first look offers plenty to whet our appetites for a return visit to Middle Earth.

That band of dwarves traveling with Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit, are looking to recover some stolen gold from a dragon named — you guessed it — Smaug! And while his name may not be in the title, Sir Ian McKellen's Gandalf is back in full effect with feats of wizardry, as well. Or is he? It looks like he's got some other stuff to do during this middle section torn from the pages of Tolkein's 1937 (!) classic "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again."

But Bilbo Baggins (or "Bagginses" as Gollum likes to hiss) will be making some new friends, one of whom will be an old friend to fans of the "LOTR" trilogy that kicked off in 2001. Remember Orlando Bloom? He'll be returning as Legolas, the role that allowed him to work with Johnny Depp and Cameron Crowe in the first place. Of course a few years ago, Bloom said he was finished with Legolas and that the character who used a bow and arrow long before J-Law isn't in "The Hobbit," anyway. But when it was pointed out to him that Tolkein mentioned in later writings that Legolas was indeed there, he seemed open to it, so long as Jackson returned, which as we all know, took some doing... But he did!