The adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a diminutive creative who resides in a place called "Middle-Earth" before he is compelled to go on a quest to find a treasure buried deep in the heart of Lonely Mountain.



Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation

Release Date: December 2012 (prt 1)

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

Yess, I must see it! Isn't Peter Jackson directing it...and Richard Armitage going to be in it...?

Richard Armitage is Thorin Oakenshield.

CASTINGS!

Bilbo Baggins - Martin Freeman
Gandalf - Ian McKellen...seriously...whose surprised?
Balin - Ken Stott
Dwalin - Graham McTavish
Kíli - Aidan Turner
Fíli - Rob Kazinsky
Dori - Mark Hadlow
Nori - Jed Brophy
Ori - Adam Brown
Óin - John Callen
Glóin - Peter Hambleton
Bifur - William Kircher
Bofur - James Nesbitt
Bombur - Stephen Hunter
Gollum - Andy Serkis (in negotiations)
Beorn - Mikael Persbrandt
Dáin II Ironfoot - TBA
Frodo Baggins - Elijah Wood
Galadriel - Cate Blanchett
Legolas - Orlando Bloom (in negotiations)
Radagast the Brown - Sylvester McCoy
Drogo Baggins - Ryan Gage

Yes Frodo has returned. Bilbo might be telling him the tale.

SO SO SO SO SO SO EXCITED.
I have been waiting for this movie since I was 11 years old and read the book and watched the cartoon. Holy wow so excited!!!!!

I'm more than excited! It's been rumoured that DAVID TENNANT!!!! is going to play Thranduil. I'll fight my way through every monster created, including my mum, to get to that movie if it's true.

David Tennant is Thuranduil now? At first it was rumored that he'd be Bilbo...

Ok I'm lost. Been ages since i watched the cartoon and sadly I havn't read the book. But I'm making it my mission to read it VERY soon. I'm not sure why Frodo is in it but i do know that it takes place before he is born. I dont think Bilbo is reading the book to Frodo because if you remember In LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo gave Frodo the book while he was on his quest to destroy the ring. So there was never a chance for Bilbo to read it too him, And they cant do it after they leave on the ships because Frodo gave the book to Sam.

David Tennant as Bilbo.....naw, he has to be tall! David Tennant doesn't work when he's short.

@Free4ever: Well, Frodo did say in the book that Bilbo'd shown him a bit, and he'd caught glimpses now and again....

Sorry, I made a mistake. It looks like Frodo is going to be reading the tale to someone. Maybe Sam's kids; don't really know.

Hmm that would be interesting...Guess this was supposed to happen before Frodo leaves on the ships.

Sorry i like putting timelines together lol

Frodo is in a prologue linking the Hobbit to LOTR I think.
By the way Christopher Lee's official website has announced that he is in talks to return as Saruman. Apparently he most likely will if he remains in good health.
Ian Holm may be in the prologue as the older Bilbo.
Timelines are cool.

METOO METOO! I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE DAVID TENNANT! He's AWESOME!!!! *Tackle hug* You know I used to hate Thranduil until E&A told me he'd be played by *Squee* DAVID TENNANT! ^;^

Yeah, E&A was excited! All caps on Skype, I's finally found people who love David Tennant! *tacklehugs back* David Tennant is THE best actor ever! *loud squee*

If both David Tennant AND Orli are in it, I'm going even if I have to fight of an army of ninjas!

That's good, squeeing is good! Just don't get kicked out of the movie theatre!

Sues and Ninjas!

Good luck!

Yess, squeeable 10 collapsing!

Well, John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) was the tallest guy on the LOTR set, so Richard should have no problem. xD

It's called Forced Perspective. It's a bit obvious in the bit where Frodo says "It's wonderful to see you, Gandalf!" and they're riding in the waggon together. What they do is they have the actors standing/sitting at different distances from the camera. Or they can scale down the image of the actor - not sure what they did for John Rhys-Davies...

There are many methods :nod: Your dad's is probably one of them

Well, peoples, Lee Pace has been confirmed to play Thranduil. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm screaming in rage. I really wanted Tennant!

Saw this awhile ago, but figured i'd post it here for those who havent. Definitely squeed a lot, and almost cried I am so damn excited..

Good video.

I love The Lord of the Rings!!! So I am well going to get The Hobbit!

Only for about 2 minutes though...xD

I think it would be quite cool to see Estel, actually.


Actually, he looked a lot like Liv too. More so, I think. Though no relation, it seems.

I would love that. I can not wait for the Hobbit to come out!

Is his Dad really playing Nori?

Of course, it depends how well he can act...it might be that he's a rubbish actor- it's not like he had to act much in his short appearance.

That would be very cool...though nothing's been announced. Perhaps it's a surprise...

Dude, they should slip Harry Lloyd in somewhere, as...I dunno...background elf number two-hundred and thirty-five or something...

But it's cool that the real father of Arwyn's child is going to be in the movie

That trailer looks good. Big fan of J.R.R Tolkien, can't wait for The Hobbit to be released!