[Movies] Peter Jackson Confirms Which LOTR Characters Will Be In The Hobbit Posted by Larry Csonka on 12.09.2009
Only three LOTR alumni are returning…
- Peter Jackson recently spoke with MTV News, and put an end to rumors by stating that only three LOTR alumni will be involved in The Hobbit. Here is what Jackson had to say…
"Gandalf, being a 2,000-year-old wizard, is still around and plays a major role in 'The Hobbit,' and we're having Ian McKellen reprise. There's a couple of other characters: Elrond, who was played by Hugo Weaving [in the original films], and there's a possibility of Galadriel, who was played by Cate Blanchett.
In book terms, the world of 'The Hobbit' takes place 60 years before 'The Lord of the Rings,' as it was written by Tolkien. So, not a lot of the characters actually feature, because they weren't around yet."
So that means the rumors of Viggo Mortensen, Dominic Monaghan and John Rhys-Davies returning are just that, rumors. The Hobbit is set to begin filming in mid-2010.
Posted By: Bill (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Shouldn't Saruman be a possibility as well he did take part in the white council which I am sure they are going to include in order to stretch the story into two films
Posted By: Guest#6255 (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Make a place for Gollum
Posted By: Neuce6 (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 11:32 AM
It took the entire first season of Lost for me to stop calling him a Hobbit. Now on Flash Forward I call him Charlie. No way he's going back to hobbit because I'd still call him Charlie other than his hobbit name.
Posted By: MAROON II (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Guest#6255
Good point. I remember it was confirmed The White Council and their exploits against the Necromancer would play a major role in the films. I I suppose these are only the confirmed alumni for now.
Posted By: Groove (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Technically Legolas would have been around too.
Posted By: Jake Fury (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Well there has to be a Gollum! Unless he's in the second Hobbit film??
Posted By: Guest#4303 (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 12:37 PM
"It took the entire first season of Lost for me to stop calling him a Hobbit. Now on Flash Forward I call him Charlie. No way he's going back to hobbit because I'd still call him Charlie other than his hobbit name.
Posted By: MAROON II (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 11:40 AM"
What the hell are you talking about?
Posted By: Todd Vote (Registered) on December 09, 2009 at 12:50 PM
I thought I read that they approached Christopher Lee about reprising his role of Saruman, but he had to turn them down because he's too old to handle the strain of flying over to New Zealand.
Posted By: Dan Owen (Registered) on December 09, 2009 at 01:03 PM
They'll more than likely have a new, possibly younger Saruman, a younger Aragorn (he'd be in his 20s, not 80s), and younger Gimli.
They said "LotR Alumn" which means that the original actors would return, it says nothing about whether or not the characters would be back.
Posted By: Guest#6688 (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 02:28 PM
You people aren't reading between the lines...
He said that these people won't be in the hobbit. No one knows the title of the second flick and thats where their is room to add the other characters.
Posted By: Boo (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 02:58 PM
those LOTR characters weren't involved in The Hobbit's storyline, younger versions aren't necessary
I think he may have just forgotten to mention Gollum
Posted By: Drue Phoenix (Guest) on December 09, 2009 at 06:02 PM
Isn't Aragorn like a hundred years old? Why can't he be in it? He was great in the trilogy.
Posted By: Guest#8884 (Guest) on December 10, 2009 at 02:44 AM
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