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Hobbit Movie Update

Published on: 11th November, 2009

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Guillermo Del Toro will be finding himself a part in The Hobbit movie. He confessed to a German TV show that he plans to have a cameo playing a creature and unlike Peter Jackson who did the same in all 3 Lord of the Rings movies, GDT will be giving himself a few lines to deliver.

Meanwhile Sir Ian McKellen - who is fast becoming THE source for Hobbit movie news - told Sci-Fi Wire that he has seen the script and although very excited he cannot say anything as he is sworn to secrecy. Sounds like GDT is catching on fast and reeling him in a bit

“There are a lot of characters in The Hobbit including, crucially, Bilbo, and they don’t know who’s going to play Bilbo. So it’s extremely attractive that this part has been written for me. The other Gandalf [LOTR] was written for, well, just as Gandalf.”

[This contradicts his previous statement that he knew who had the bilbo Baggins role.]

“There’s lots for me to enjoy, in all sorts of ways. And I couldn’t be happier. But I’m sworn to secrecy. I’m not to say anything at all about the script.”

Viggo Mortensen meanwhile has expressed an interest in returning for the second Hobbit movie.

He told Movieweb that he had a lot of fun making The Lord of the Rings movies and would love to return to Middle Earth. He also told them that it is his understanding that they [GDT, Jackson and Co] were trying to incorporate actors from the trilogy, even some who’s character didn’t appear in The Hobbit.

John Rhys-Davies only last month said he had been approached but had said ‘no thanks’ to a return to Middle Earth as has Christopher Lee.

John Noble who played Denethor has already said no some time ago which could be a problem if they plan to show the story of Aragorn.

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Readers Comments

Grym says:

November 12, 2009 at 3:48 pm

I can’t wait for the movie!

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and MY axe says:

November 13, 2009 at 4:37 pm

how can any of the previous actors say NO to returning for another movie or two?? seriously. wtf is wrong with some people.

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watchtheextras Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 12:51 am
@and MY axe, If you’ve seen how much John Rhys-Davies “loves” wearing his makeup, then you’ll understand why and chuckle.

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Ash says:

November 15, 2009 at 11:02 pm

Dude, you have to think about the people, not your (our) selfish desires. C Lee is getting too old and can’t travel as well as he once could from what I understand and Rhys-Davies is ALLERGIC to the prosthetics. Didn’t you watch the appendices to see how badly he responded to the makeup? Ouch. I don’t blame him. He’s a GREAT sport for not backing out in the first place.Though I’d LOVE to see Gimli in the Hobbit.

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ady says:

November 15, 2009 at 11:16 pm

And John Noble quite rightly says he couldn’t just walk out on Fringe and drop everyone in it.

You have to remember its over a decade since these actors were last involved. Waiting this long to make The Hobbit was always going to cause this type of problem.

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Matt says:

November 16, 2009 at 12:02 am

!!!Aragorn’s story in the hobbit movie?? Why?!?! he is NOT in the book! if you put in bits about aragorn, you have to leave out things that belong from the book!!!

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nelson says:

November 16, 2009 at 7:06 am

None of those characters are in the book, so I don’t see why they were even approached. Of course, Sir Ian McKellen and Hugo Weaving are the only actors crucial to The Hobbit that would need to return.

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Clay says:

November 19, 2009 at 3:40 am

why not have viggo mortensen play Bard of Laketown? Also, i sure hope they include the charactor of Beorn. i thought LOTR should have included Tom Bombadil, and to omit Beorn from the hobbit would be a great injustice to the story.

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evenstar Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 1:58 am
tom bombadil was a great character and i like that little story, but he wasn’t essential to the plot. that bit kinda tied in with frodo selling the house under the hill and ‘moving’, but i dont think the story suffered. i agree about Beorn, however. they couldn’t leave him out, but that means they probably will.

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Kelley says:

November 24, 2009 at 11:22 pm

I want the movie just like the book! Beorn was one of my favorite characters so I hope they don’t leave him out. As for adding characters that weren’t in the book, that’s bullshit!

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Olivia says:

December 6, 2009 at 1:38 am

But u have to understand that its based on the book not the book it self they have to make sum cuts thats best for the film.
But i do hope they don’t make to many changes cuz i really enjoyed reading the hobbit (red that b4 LOTR)

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Jon says:

December 8, 2009 at 4:22 am

Clay says: “why not have viggo mortensen play Bard of Laketown?”

Why when Guillermo Del Toro could play it instead!? Honestly the more I read about these films the more I think the film-makers should have just left it alone. It’s like awaiting the second season of a TV show with the principals replaced as if nobody will notice.

S’all about the money. Mr T, who already is, will be spinning slightly faster in his grave. I often wonder how long he as a writer contemplated the end of the One Ring… in his epic work. Must have been a while, right? Mulling over and over the possibilities until eventually deciding that Gollum should “fall” and the One Ring with him.

Bring in the film-makers who who attempt the same ‘mulling’ and they, after ‘not’ writing an epic, decide against the guy who did’s decision. Meh. I loved, and still love the visual treat of the three movies, but seriously, as a fan the word I use more often is…

… fail! When it comes to story! And it’ll be a ‘epic fail’ if they can’t keep the visuals consistent, or principal characters consistent… what exactly can they do… really? If they can’t do that? What do they have?

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beth says:

December 18, 2009 at 9:41 pm

Does everyone realize there will be two Hobbit movies? The first movie will be based on the book and the second movie is what happens between the end of the Hobbit and the beginning of LOTR - which is about a 60 year period. So the second movie is open (never written by Tolkien) to link the Hobbit & LOTR. I think the director & Peter Jackson can come up with a great story/movie for this 60 year period. And most of the characters in LOTR could appear in the 2nd Hobbit movie because most were around/alive during the 60 years between (including Aragon and even Frodo, etc).

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The Hobbit Reply:
December 18th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
@beth

The Hobbit is to be made in 2 movies and the so called bridging movie idea has been shelved.

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Nuada says:

December 21, 2009 at 10:02 pm

Brian Cox as Thorin is a perfect match I think.
Ron Perlman for Beorn…?
Smaug… a tough one. A precise voice that speaks the Queen’s english perfectly; Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons or indeed Alan Rickman.

It would be a cool ending to the movies (assuming no 3rd filler movie) if the scene moved on just before the War Of The Ring, and we see The Black Rider Messenger seeking news of a trifle that Sauron fancies…

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Dol Amroth says:

December 23, 2009 at 5:48 am

I like the idea of Jeremy Irons as Smaug. As for including Aragorn in The Hobbit then I vote “No”. He is not in the book so why on earth have him in the movie; makes no sense unless it is a strategy to have Viggo involved to try and sell more merchandise, etc.

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Elrohir says:

December 27, 2009 at 10:47 pm

I really hope Viggo is in the movie. He was a fantastic actor
del toro should not be in it. I don’t like him. He has commitment issues and sounds kinda stuck up.

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Vega says:

December 30, 2009 at 8:05 pm

wish christopher lee would have returned, would have loved to see saruman when he was gandalfs wise friend and not saurons puppet, and he is also a brilliant actor. but he was disapointed when he was cut out of the 3rd lotr film completly so cant say i blame him

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