'Hobbit' First Look: 3 pics !

Entertainment Weekly ^ | June 24, 2011 | Josh Rottenburg

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Peter Jackson lets us sneak a peek at work-in-progress; spy Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, with the director's comments

[AnAmericanAbroad]

For all you "Lord of the Rings" fans out there, a quick peak at Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit", with Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Ian McKellan as Gandalf. Looks like it's in production after being in develpoment hell. We'll have to wait until next year, but for me at least, it's worth the wait. Looking forward to it.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Make that “development hell”.

[beebuster2000]

who knew spock was a hobbit

[BigCinBigD]

Great. More gay mini Vulcan's...

[dawn53]

I was trying to figure out who Martin Freeman was...then I looked him up on Wikipedia. He did a great job in his portrayal of Dr. Watson in those new Sherlock Holmes series. I think that’s the only thing I’ve seen him in.

[Jonah Hex]

Would that make Bilbo a sprocket?

[SueRae]

LOTR fan here. Heck, even my dog’s name is Frodo.

Thanks for the peek.

[RadiationRomeo]

It comes out Dec 14th 2012.
We have a week to see it before the world ends! LOL

The next James Bond movie comes out next year too. Can’t wait for them both.

[Graneros]

I thought he did a great job as Doctor Watson as well. I’m looking forward to the release of The Hobbit.

[misharu]

I always thought he should have made this movie first and then the Trilogy. But then again, I also always thought that you couldn’t really understand the whole epic without reading “the Hobbit” first!

[notdownwidems]

Absolutely! Just what I was thinking, this is the prequel to the trilogy.

[Conan the Librarian]

Leonard Nimoy did ‘sing’ “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” you know.

Actually, they should have started with the Silmarillion and worked there way from there

[simplesimon]

Thank you thank you thank you for posting.

[DollyCali]

I have been attending the extended edition of the 3 movies at Cinema. Last one is this Tuesday. It might be in your area. Sold out & enthusiastic crowds

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[katana]

He did a good job as Arthur Dent in a very uneven film version of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. Should be equally good as the reluctant "professional thief" Gandalf insists the dwarves need for their excursion to relieve Smaug, the dragon, of his hoarded gold. Of course, he does "by accident" pick up a handy little ring in Gollum's cave along the way. Tolkien wrote the book to be read aloud to his own children so it's very different in tone from the later LOTR. Much more whimsical.

[JoeProBono]

[bmwcyle]

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[Immerito]

Hopefully Jackson will be FAR truer to the source material than he was in the Lord of the Rings movies.

[Clara Lou]

I found the Silmarillion unreadable.

[Secret Agent Man]

Gandalf is truly gay, apparently.