Tag: Ian McKellen
Hobbit Deal With McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen made it official Tuesday that he’ll playing Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s two-part movie adaptation of The Hobbit, which starts shooting February 14 in New Zealand.
Andy Serkis has also signed up to play Gollum and talks are ongoing with stars including Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom to appear. It has previously been announced that The Office and Sherlock actor Martin Freeman will play Bilbo in the motion picture. It features a spoofy holiday promotion of a Hobbit-hole, the text “A Middle Earth Tourist Board Promotion” and three of the more well-known regions of The Shire – Hobbiton, Bywater and Buckland.
On Wednesday, the actor tell fans why the deal took so long
The deciding negotiation was not about money but about dates. Gandalf is needed on set over the next 18 months but with sizable breaks when I can work on other projects. My worry that I could not easily escape from Middle Earth was lifted.”
Christopher Lee Confirmed for The Hobbit, David Tennant Rumored
Christopher Lee will return for The Hobbit! Anyone surprised?
Guess not, since this week a number of Lord of the Rings stars have confirmed they will be reprising their roles for the forthcoming prequel – Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are returning as Gandalf and Gollum, while Elijah Wood is making a comeback as Frodo Baggins.
But, that’s not all! We’re here to add another name to this casting list because David Tennant is also being rumored to join this quite ambitious project…
Elijah Wood Confirmed for The Hobbit, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis In Talks
This one is confirmed guys! Elijah Wood is all set to reprise his role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit films!
Elijah Wood
Yeah, yeah, more stars rumored to be returning to the fantasy adventure are Orlando Bloom, who played elf Legolas in the original trilogy, Ian McKellen played Ganfald and Andy Serkis as Gollum.
Still, at this moment we do know that another actors from the LOTR trilogy have been confirmed to appear in The Hobbit, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving.
Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins and Howard Shore is returning to score the films.
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, James McAvoy, Ian McKellen in Tom Tykwer’s Cloud Atlas?
If there’s such thing as impressive cast list then this project definitely has it! If there’s such thing as impressive producing then this project has it too!
Director Tom Tykwer asked Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, James McAvoy and Sir Ian McKellen to star in his latest film, the adaptation of the award-winning novel by British author David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas.
Natalie Portman has been linked to the film before so seems likely to sign on. This project is going to be produced by the Wachowski Brothers, the pair behind the Matrix trilogy. See what we’re talking about?
Mitchell’s book “consists of six nested stories that take us from the remote South Pacific in the nineteenth century to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. Each tale is revealed to be a story that is read (or watched) by the main character in the next.
All stories but the last one get interrupted at some moment, and after “Sloosha’s Crossin’ an’ Ev’rythin’ After” concludes at the center of the book, the novel “goes back” in time, “closing” each story as the book progresses in terms of pages but regresses in terms of the historical period in which the action takes place. Eventually, readers end where they started, with Adam Ewing in the Pacific Ocean, circa 1850.”
Ian McKellen to reprise Gandalf role in ‘The Hobbit’
Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed that he will play Gandalf in a two-movie adaptation of The Hobbit.
The actor said that director Guillermo Del Toro recently offered him the wizard role, and admitted that he couldn’t turn it down because he “loved” the character.
“Yes, it’s true. I spoke to Guillermo in the very room that Peter Jackson offered me the part and he confirmed that I would be reprising the role, McKellen said
“Obviously, it’s not a part that you turn down, I loved playing Gandalf.
