It’s official: Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis (Gollum), Elijah Wood, and Cate Blanchett are all returning for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, scheduled to commence shooting next month in New Zealand, the festering pus fart of the south seas.
More actors are expected to sign on for the two-part [ugh] Peter Jackson film in the near future, including Christopher Lee as Saruman and Ian Holm as an older Bilbo Baggins. [ComingSoon]
Oh joy, six more hours of hobbitry. That damned kiwi must’ve seen its shadow. Anyway, Wood and Blanchett will reprise their roles as Frodo and Galadriel, respectively, this despite neither character appearing in the book. I can only hope the Tolkienites have someone like Red Shirt Guy who can give Peter Jackson a DRESSING DOWN MOST THOROUGH at the next LARP convention.
Reprising her role as Frodo Saggins? You guessed it, your mom.
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Oh joy, six more hours of hobbitry.
I only need five for my merit badge.
I think his name at this point is officially Andy Serkis (Gollum)
Look, I kind of understand this nerdy “don’t leave out any of the good stuff” mentality when it comes to adapting beloved novels.
But miniseries exist for a reason. And that reason is bathroom breaks.
The Hobbit? B-but Elijah. You have a career beyond that. :(
@Lance
After The Hobbit he’ll transition into his fetish porn star career as “Frodo Gaggins”
We should send Tony Cox over to the studio while they’re filming to lecture them on how stupid this idea. Then after that he punches each one of them in the nuts.
*this idea is.
Some reason? The rugby, the gay, gay rugby.
*beams down into Filmdrunk HQ wearing a red shirt*
The appearance of Saruman and Galadriel can be explained easy enough, when Bilbo, Gandalf, and the Dwarves approach Mirkwood, Gandalf is compelled to leave suddenly.
In truth, Gandalf and the White Council (of which Galadriel and Saruman are members) actually confront a Necromancer in Southern Mirkwood at Dol Guldur. The White Council actually discovers the Necromancer is in fact a manifestation of Sauron, and drive him out.
This is not detailed in The Hobbit, but the various compendium pieces (edited by Christopher Tolkien) puzzle together why Gandalf leaves so suddenly and the White Council’s subsequent actions at Dol Guldur.
Now, to explain Frodo’s appearance is no large mystery, either. It is shortly after Bilbo returns from the Lonely Mountain (where The Hobbit ends) that Frodo is orphaned and taken in by Bilbo. They would not have to “skip ahead” much to portray this.
*braces self for ridicule*
“Oh joy, six more hours of hobbitry.”
Rex Ryan is super excited for this movie.
Fek, I heart you so f*cking much right now.
*winks knowingly*
Preach The Silmarillion, Fek. Preach!
*holds up hand to Fek for high-five, screams in agony as it is severed by a bat’leth*
More like Dildo Tea Baggins knowwhatimean?