Sir Ian McKellen back as Gandalf

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

I have high hopes for the Hobbit movie after the success of Lord of the Rings, even if it isn't being made by the same people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7375245.stm

[DuncTK421]

I'm really glad Ian will be reprising his role. He did a fantastic job.


Regarding the choice to do a movie between the Hobbit and LOTR. That's all fine and wonderful, except NOTHING happened in those 60 years! Unless they decide to do AU, at which I'll throw my hands up and walk away.

[the fifth man]

I'm glad to hear he will be reprising the role.

[AvatarIII]

I'm really glad Ian will be reprising his role. He did a fantastic job.


Regarding the choice to do a movie between the Hobbit and LOTR. That's all fine and wonderful, except NOTHING happened in those 60 years! Unless they decide to do AU, at which I'll throw my hands up and walk away.

i don't think it's a movie set between the 2 books, i think the hobbit is going to be split in two.

[DuncTK421]

The first movie is going to be an adaptation of the Hobbit. The second is going to be an original story that plugs in between the Hobbit and LOTR.

[AvatarIII]

The first movie is going to be an adaptation of the Hobbit. The second is going to be an original story that plugs in between the Hobbit and LOTR.

that's going to annoy a lot of people, and none of the purists will bother going to see the second movie, so why bother? have you got anywhere it actually ststes that in black and white?

[DuncTK421]

that's going to annoy a lot of people, and none of the purists will bother going to see the second movie, so why bother? have you got anywhere it actually ststes that in black and white?

Sure. Del Toro talked with TheOneRing.net and discussed it there.

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008...-hobbit-films/

You know, I traveled to New Zealand just a little while ago, and one of the main reasons for going was to sit down and talk about the second film. ‘The Hobbit’, the book, is really one self-contained film, so for the second movie we sat down and worked it out. When we did this we got really excited because this second film is not a ‘tag on’, it’s not ‘filler’, it’s an integral part of telling the story of those 50 years of history lost in the narrative. There will be certain things that we will see from the first movie but from a different point of view, but it will feel like a volume, in the 5 volumes of the entire story. It will not feel like a bridge, I’ve been hearing it called ‘a bridge film’, it’s not, it’s an integral chapter of the story, and I think we’re all on the same page.

[Daedalus-304]

Very good news. Do we know if the guy that Played Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings will be back as well?