The Hobbit

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Gollum
Andy Serkis
Gandalf
Ian McKellen
Lord Elrond
Hugo Weaving

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Synopsis

Genre: Fantasy | Adventure

Local Shire Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, Uncle of Frodo Baggins, is living a quiet, peaceful life until Gandalf the Grey knocks on his door. A band of wandering dwarves shows up one or two at a time, the goal, to hire poor Bilbo for a quest (as a burgler) that entails defeating a dragon and recovering (burgling) a treasure. Along the way there are adventures with Trolls and elves, a battle with Goblins, the naming of Bilbo's sword as Sting after, a battle with some spiders, escaping from wargs, and a barrel ride in a river. There is a great battle The Battle of Five Armies which includes men, dwarfs, elves, goblins with wargs, and more. Most importantly of all, part of this story leads Bilbo into Riddles in the Dark where he meets Gollum and in the process acquires a peculiar ring that has had and will have a great impact on the future of their world.

Latest Updates

Weaving cast in 'The Hobbit' movies

Published on: June 15, 2009

Nigerian-born Australian actor Hugo Weaving has been cast in "The Hobbit" movies, the two films' director Guillermo del Toro said.

EW.com reported del Toro confirmed Weaving's hiring to England's BBC Radio 5.

The entertainment news station's Web site said Weaving will reprise his role of the Elven Lord Elrond from "The Lord of the Rings" blockbusters in the upcoming "Hobbit" flicks.

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Del Toro Updates 'Hobbit' and 'Frankenstein' Casting and More!

Published on: June 11, 2009

Don't ask me how Guillermo del Toro works on four hundred projects at once, because it always amazes me to see how much he's got going on, and it's also inspiring to see a filmmaker that passionate about creating and conceptualizing and coming up with awesome new things for the world and his fans. Guillermo del Toro is exactly the kind of guy we want handling some of these more fanboy-ish properties because he's a true geek -- and while other filmmakers are using their celebrity status to attend parties at the Playboy mansion, this mofo is designing creatures and drawing in his sketchbook and working hard to please us.

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