The Hobbit is an upcoming two part film based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film is in development for releases in December 2011 (Part 1) and December 2012 (Part 2) and will be directed by Guillermo del Toro, with The Lord of the Rings film trilogy director Peter Jackson serving as executive producer and co-writer. Originally, both parts would have served as separate films. The first would have adapted The Hobbit and the ...
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The Hobbit is an upcoming two part film based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film is in development for releases in December 2011 (Part 1) and December 2012 (Part 2) and will be directed by Guillermo del Toro, with The Lord of the Rings film trilogy director Peter Jackson serving as executive producer and co-writer. Originally, both parts would have served as separate films. The first would have adapted The Hobbit and the second would have bridged the gap between this and The Lord of the Rings. Now it is the director's intention to split and expand the narrative of The Hobbit over two parts of a singular film.
Set some 60 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit tells the tale of Bilbo Baggins and a company of thirteen dwarves as they quest to reclaim lost treasure in the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug as well as Bilbo's acquisition of the One Ring from the creature Gollum.
So far the following cast members have been confirmed:
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