Ian Mckellen Is Back As Gandalf!

Ian Mckellen Is Back As Gandalf!

Sir Ian Mckellen returns, plus production stills of Hobbiton

By Eion76 - Nov 27, 2010 03:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: movieweb.com

Its now set in stone everyone well from what I read it is, according to various sources including movieweb.com. Ian McKellen has made it official and signed on the dotted line. He will be returning as Gandalf in Peter Jackson's upcoming prequels The Hobbit and The Hobbit Sequel.

A lot of doubt arose over McKellen being unable to reprise the role he brought to life in the original The Lord of the Rings trilogy when the actor revealed on November 2nd that he had not yet signed a contract to return. He did not explain further, hoping too not complicate the matter any more than it already was.

On Wednesday, Ian McKellen broke the news that he is in fact returning to the world of The Hobbit by updating his own personal website. Here's what he said in his 2010 feature film section:

"The Hobbits, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in February 2011. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth."

Now in regards to Hobbiton, here's your first look...
You guys can judge for yourselves

The Hobbit comes to theaters November 2012 and stars Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Ron Perlman, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Doug Jones, James Nesbitt.

The Hobbit Sequel comes to theaters November 2013 and stars Ron Perlman, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Doug Jones, Kiran Shah.

Personally I cannot wait for this movie it will be amazing as well as groundbreaking as the first trilogy. So what do you guys think?
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Denn1s
Denn1s - 11/27/2010, 4:29 PM
we get hobbit 10 years after lotr. haha
LucasMend
LucasMend - 11/27/2010, 4:55 PM
DAMN! Now it will be completely awesome! Loved Gandalf on LOTR trilogy, his scenes were my favorite ones.
Looking forward to both movies.
Awesome find @Birthright!
Eion76
Eion76 - 11/27/2010, 5:06 PM
@ Lucaxmen: thanx man
weaponxcustoms
weaponxcustoms - 11/27/2010, 5:14 PM
this isnt official yet its just his blog http://www.mckellen.com/cinema/index1.html
oddly the onering.net is covering the exact same story as you
007
007 - 11/27/2010, 5:21 PM
AWESOMENESS I HOPE IS AS GOOD AT LOTR TRILOGY :)
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/27/2010, 5:39 PM
F*CKING A!

no one else could play gandalf.
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 11/27/2010, 6:19 PM
You just copy/pasted that whole thing from Movieweb.
dfresh
dfresh - 11/29/2010, 7:32 AM
And the lone original sentence of his leading off the piece is a grammatical nightmare.

Sorry Birthright, had to say it.
Shaman
Shaman - 11/29/2010, 7:51 AM
He was easily the BEST part of ALL THREE films. So this is goooooooooooooooooooooooood news!!!

SHAZAM171
SHAZAM171 - 11/29/2010, 10:11 AM
Awesome news. Now THIS is news. LOL ThanX
nuck82
nuck82 - 11/29/2010, 2:18 PM
good one less thing
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