Ian McKellen Gives Hobbit Update
Sun, August 23, 2009 
Is it me or does it feel weird that The Hobbit will hit cinemas 10 years after The Fellowship of the Ring was first released? Christ, has time flown by.
Last night, a special IMAX marathon screening of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (in their Extended Editions, no less) took place with a special introducion from Gandalf himself (aka Sir Ian McKellen). According to a report from /film, McKellen wasn't just there to talk about how much they loved working with Peter Jackson all those years ago.
Oh no, he gave a status of the two-part Hobbit film. The juicy tidbit being that Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson & Co. have in fact cast Bilbo Baggins. Being the wise wizard he is, McKellen confirms that he too knows the identity of the actor in question while reassuring the audience that they'd be "very, very pleased."
With production slated to start up early next year back in New Zealand (where else would it be?), it shouldn't be too long till we too officially learn who will be taking over the role of Ian Holm. Maybe those rumors of David Tennant are true, perhaps?
Reader Comments (1)
The way McKellan is smirking there his face reminds me of Sam Elliot