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For a two-film series shot back to back, they should be news about casting soon. Here's a recent blurb:

On 17 July 2009, The Daily Telegraph reported that David Tennant is being tipped to play Bilbo Baggins. The Doctor Who star leads a list of other actors, including James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe, who have also been linked to the role.

Young Bilbo is the most crucial role to be cast. Besides those names, I'd like to throw in Tom Hollander from the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequels, for his resemblance to a young Ian Holm.

Ohohohohohohohoh, hav a big guy be Tom, and bigger guy be Gert, and an even, get this, BIGGER guy to play WILL!!!!



Jk, i dont care whwo plays them.

Originally posted by Incanus
Ohohohohohohohoh, hav a big guy be Tom, and bigger guy be Gert, and an even, get this, BIGGER guy to play WILL!!!!



Jk, i dont care whwo plays them.

Huh...pass the pipe already...

Will the same guy play Gandalf?

Ian MacKellan? Idk. Most likely, he is the only Gandalf around........ Wait, it was Ian MacKellan, right? or was that Saruman......

Its not true they havent casted anyone yet and David Tennant?? in your dreams mate

Originally posted by coolmovies
Its not true they havent casted anyone yet and David Tennant?? in your dreams mate

He's the biggest name out there. Not a terrible idea, but...

Originally posted by Incanus
Ian MacKellan? Idk. Most likely, he is the only Gandalf around........ Wait, it was Ian MacKellan, right? or was that Saruman......
It's Sir Ian McKellen, and yes he plays Gandalf. I hope he reprises his role. Saruman was played by Sir Christopher Lee AKA Count Dooku.

COUNT DOOKU IS SARUMAN?!?!? So THATS why he could fling Gandalf across a room...............

Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Will the same guy play Gandalf?

McKellen has said he's reprising the role.

Originally posted by Incanus
COUNT DOOKU IS SARUMAN?!?!? So THATS why he could fling Gandalf across a room...............

Gandalf is Magneto though, so he should have been able to stop it via flying.

Nah, the power of magnetism dosnt comare to the power of the force.

Originally posted by Robtard
Gandalf is Magneto though, so he should have been able to stop it via flying.

That would have been a funny in joke, having Lee & McKellen flip back and forth between their two genre characters when they fought.

its gonna suck if Ian mckellen doesnt play as gandalf it wont be the same =(

Yeah, I will pewrsonally beat the **** out of the writers if Ian Mackellan isnt Gandalf. Or the people that pick the actors,m but IAN MUST BE GANDALF!!!!

yeah itll crash and burn if he isnt in it
no one can play gandalf better tham him
andy serkis should stay as gullom aswell cause itd sound retarded if
he didnt play him

Originally posted by Morgromir
yeah itll crash and burn if he isnt in it
no one can play gandalf better tham him
andy serkis should stay as gullom aswell cause itd sound retarded if
he didnt play him

I believe both Ian McKellen & Andy serkis are committed. Sir Ian only mused out loud he wouldn't commit if Peter Jackson wasn't involved, so no worries there.

yeah and a gullom played by some other actor wouldnt sound right

True.

Isn't The Hobbit the Lord of the Rings but with a different title?

No , Its the same world but different time its basically the story of how Bilbo Got Rich in the movies/books its reffered to as "There and Back again,A Hobbits tale by bilbo baggins"
Its the Prequel to LOTR

I'm Really looking Foward to this. The Hobbitt is one of my favorite stories of all time. Even more than Lord of the Ringy Dingy. The fact that it's Two big films instead of one say's that they are not going to try to cram it all in one movie , which is great. I have faith in Del Toro , but this is unlike anything he's ever done. I'm crossing my finger's and saying a prayer. I really want this to be great.

Originally posted by jayce78
Even more than Lord of the Ringy Dingy.
Same here, I loved the Trilogy... but The Hobbit was perfection.


The Hobbit is going to be two movies? Wow that gives me a tad more hope in this movie.

Unless they change that concept? Yeah , it should be two films. It's going to be the Hobbitt mixed with the Appendix or some crap like that , that's way over my head as a fan? I've never even read the Appendix . . .