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According to TheOneRing.Net, actor Martin Freeman has been the top choice for Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit.  On the other hand, the British tabloid The Sun is reporting that Freeman had to turn down the role due to his commitment to the second season of BBC’s Sherlock, in which Freeman plays [...]

Former Doctor Who star, Sylvester McCoy, was rumored to be up for the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, but a recent scoop on BleedingCool.com reveals that McCoy is actually up for a supporting role  instead and may be playing Radagast The Brown.
Who?  The site goes further, “For a bit of context, Radagast is [...]

Reports indicate that Spyglass Entertainment is close to an agreement to run MGM, which is seeking prepackaged bankruptcy this fall.  Spyglass co-heads Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum will run MGM as co-chief executives.
What does that mean for us?
With another company buying out MGM, pre-production on The Hobbit could very well resume and the back-to-back prequels [...]

First, Guillermo Del Toro left The Hobbit.  Now, with MGM’s cash crisis causing further delays, Sir Ian McKellen has admitted that he is tired of waiting for the film to begin production (and likely tired of answering questions about when production will begin) and may not reprise his role as Gandalf the Grey if he [...]

This week, casting begins on Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.  While Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are set to return as Gandalf and Gollum, respectively, it is unlikely that Ian Holm will return to play a young Bilbo Baggins.  Additionally, many characters in The Hobbit did not appear in The Lord [...]

MovieReporter.net talked recently with Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and producer/writer of the upcoming film, The Hobbit.  Jackson told the site that the script’s second draft should be completed by December or January.  The filmmakers hope to begin shooting the picture next summer.
Guillermo Del Toro is set to direct The [...]

Director Peter Jackson cast himself in an uncredited background cameo in each installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Now, with The Hobbit, on the horizon, it looks like director Guillermo del Toro will follow in his predecessor’s footsteps.
Del Toro reported that he will have a cameo as a monster.  ””I had a hand on [...]

TotalFilm got an exclusive and long interview with director Guillermo Del Toro about his upcoming two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Tolkien and Del Toro fans, however, will be most interested in the discussion over the film’s portrayal of the dragon, Smaug.
The director cryptically shared, “Early in production I came up with a very [...]

In an interview with Empire Magazine, actor Sir Ian McKellen shared that the scripts are finished for the upcoming adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit so that production can begin as soon as next spring.  ”The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon,” said the actor.
McKellen also shared his excitement over working with [...]

Ian McKellen recently spoke to Rotten Tomatoes about returning to the role of Gandalf.  The acclaimed actor expressed that he was excited to return to playing Gandalf the Grey, whom he hasn’t played since The Fellowship of the Ring.
“Grey Gandalf is my favorite.  Peter Jackson’s too, we always preferred Gandalf the Grey. Peter liked him because [...]