The Goblin King is being played by Barry Humphries in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and this toy gives us a good look at what the character is going to look like. When it was first announced that Humphries would be playing the Goblin King, Jackson said,
Barry Humphries will be portraying the Goblin King, in much the way Andy Serkis created Gollum... We're looking forward to seeing him invest the Goblin King with the delicate sensitivity and emotional depth this character deserves.
This is a great design for the character, and there's no doubt he will look even better up on the big screen in all his CG animated glory! What do you think of the of the design of the Goblin King?
The movie is set to be released on December 14th, and stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lilly, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, John Bell, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Barry Humphries, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, Mike Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott, Jeffrey Thomas, Aidan Turner and Billy Connolly.