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Mortensen, McKellen and Serkis all in talks for Hobbit roles

Sean Gandert

on May 23, 2008 2:39 PM | Permalink

It's great that Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson are both on board for the upcoming Hobbit features, but what about everyone else involved with The Lord of the Rings? For the most part it looks like they're just as excited about the feature as everyone else. Two key roles, and one perhaps-ancillary one, are in talks to be filled with the same actors as in the original trilogy.

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Ian McKellen revisiting Middle Earth

Sean Gandert

on May 1, 2008 12:01 PM | Permalink

After such great performances in The Lord of the Rings, it's hard to imagine anyone but legendary pretender Ian McKellen portraying Gandalf. It's good that we won't have to, then, since McKellen confirmed in an interview with Empire that he'll be reprising his role as the cantankerous old geezer/demigod.

"Yes, it’s true,” McKellen said. "I spoke to Guillermo [del Toro] in the very room that Peter Jackson offered me the part and he confirmed that I would be reprising the role. Obviously, it’s not a part that you turn down, I loved playing Gandalf.”

He also let out that del Toro himself will be working on the script, in the same way Jackson did on the original. "Guillermo will be getting around to starting the script in about six weeks when he’s finished filming Hellboy 2.”

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