| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 4,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Pre-production is about to get under way in New Zealand on The Hobbit, according to Variety, but it seems that some previous unannounced cast members have made their return. Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are expected to write the scripts under the direction of Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro. Preliminary contact has already been made with at least three actors whose The Lord Of The Rings characters also appear in The Hobbit storyline: Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum). "We will all be involved in the script in some fashion but the exact definition is about a week away, " said del Toro. "I am all for keeping the actors who originated the parts, as much as availability and their willingness will allow." Source | | | | Registered: July 7 2000 |
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| | Posted: | | | | Huh, I thought McKellen was confirmed weeks ago, by himself no less. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| | Posted: | | | | Why should Viggo appear? Aragorn was 10 years old when the events of the Hobbit took place. I really hope they don't put Aragorn into the Hobbit storyline.
(No problem with him appearing after the Hobbit and before LOTR though) | | | 
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