{"id":14592,"date":"2011-06-23T20:52:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T01:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=14592"},"modified":"2021-02-05T17:41:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:41:52","slug":"first-look-martin-freeman-as-bilbo-in-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/23\/first-look-martin-freeman-as-bilbo-in-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"First look: Martin Freeman As Bilbo In THE HOBBIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to  <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191026223841\/https:\/\/ew.com\/ew\/gallery\/0,,20504849,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>, today we\u2019ve gotten our first look at Martin Freeman as  Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson\u2019s two-part <strong>The Hobbit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitBilbo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14593\" title=\"EWHobbitBilbo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitBilbo-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitBilbo-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitBilbo-550x380.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitBilbo.jpg 609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Judging by the  dwarfs in the background, this picture is from early in the first film where the  dwarfs, on the suggestion of Gandlaf (Ian McKellen), hire Bilbo to be their  professional burglar on their adventure.<\/p>\n<p><em>EW<\/em> also had  two other photos, one featuring Jackson and Freeman on the set of Bilbo\u2019s home  in the Shire and one of McKellen as Gandalf reclining against a  tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitJackson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14594\" title=\"EWHobbitJackson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitJackson-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitJackson.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitGandalf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14595\" title=\"EWHobbitGandalf\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitGandalf-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitGandalf-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitGandalf-550x391.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EWHobbitGandalf.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, today we\u2019ve gotten our first look at Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson\u2019s two-part The Hobbit. 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