Peter Jackson is currently on a mini world tour reportedly visiting the various actors penciled in for Hobbit roles. Having just flown out of London it was surely only a matter of time for the Hobbit rumours to start here in the UK.
Screenrush are the first off the mark with a report of Sylvester McCoy being signed up for the role of Bilbo Baggins.
Apparently they bumped into McCoy – best known as the 7th Doctor Who – at a theater in London and were given the news not by McCoy but a source ‘close to him.’
The source told them McCoy had got ‘the second biggest lead’ in The Hobbit.
Sylvester McCoy’s agent declined to comment but didn’t deny the story although even if its not true why would he kill a story set to do the rounds and bring his client lots of free publicity?
Screenrush speculate he may be given the part of an older Bilbo Baggins looking back on his life and telling the story of his journey there and back again.
McCoy was said to have been very close to getting the role of Bilbo in Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy but just lost out to Sir Ian Holm.
Meanwhile it seems Peter Jackson isn’t waiting on the paperwork to seal his deal as director. Reports suggest he is working on the presumption that Warner Bros. are about to do a deal and buy MGM’s shares of The Hobbit so the project can kick on again.
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