Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed he’ll be playing Gandalf the Wizard in the Hobbit movies to be released in 2010 and 2011. “It’s not a part that you turn down. I loved playing Gandalf,” he told the BBC recently.
New Line Studios says the first film will be an adaptation of The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The second will be an original story covering the 60-year period between The Hobbit’s conclusion and the beginning of LOTR.
The films will be directed by Guillermo del Toro, who is replacing Peter Jackson. Like the previous films, they will be shot in New Zealand, back-to-back.
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