{"id":11310,"date":"2011-01-10T23:56:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T04:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=11310"},"modified":"2011-01-10T23:56:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T04:56:21","slug":"serkis-and-mckellen-confirmed-for-hobbit-lee-and-holmes-in-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/10\/serkis-and-mckellen-confirmed-for-hobbit-lee-and-holmes-in-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Serkis And McKellen Confirmed For HOBBIT, Lee And Holmes In Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IanMcKellen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11311\" title=\"IanMcKellen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IanMcKellen-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IanMcKellen-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IanMcKellen.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen have been confirmed as reprising their <strong>Lord Of The Rings<\/strong> roles for Peter Jackson&#8217;s two-part <strong>The Hobbit<\/strong>. Serkis will once again perform the role of Gollum through motion capture driven computer animation, while McKellan will once again be playing the wizard Gandalf.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Christopher Lee and Ian Holmes are in talks to return to Middle Earth, reprising their <strong>Lord Of The Rings<\/strong> roles of the evil wizard Saurman and an older Bilbo Baggins respectively. The news follows last Friday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/08\/elijah-wood-confirmed-for-hobbit-negotiations\/\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a> that Elijah Wood was set to reprise his role of Frodo Baggins for the film. Holmes&#8217;s inclusions confirms that there will probably be a framing sequence where Frodo hears the story from his uncle Bilbo.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving have been confirmed as participating in the project which begins filming next month in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen have been confirmed as reprising their Lord Of The Rings roles for Peter Jackson&#8217;s two-part The Hobbit. 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