Here’s a big reveal: in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Elijah Wood looks almost just like he did in the Lord of the Rings films, which he headlined as Frodo Baggins. The seemingly ageless Wood turned out to be the perfect choice to play Frodo, not only because of the qualities he broughtt to the screen in Peter Jackson‘s first three film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, but because a decade later he’s able to jump right back into the role of a slow-aging Hobbit.

A new batch of photos from Jackson’s first of three films adapting Tolkien’s early novel The Hobbit has hit, and one features the first good look at the return of Frodo. Check ’em all out below.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, as you likely know, opens on December 14.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever… Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities… A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

[Cinemarcado via Collider]