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by Matt Goldberg Posted:December 14th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
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Latino Review is reporting that Tobey Maguire’s people and the producers of The Hobbit are talking about having the actor topline Guillermo Del Toro’s highly-anticipated prequel to The Lord of the Rings. Apparently, the story started to develop innocuously at the press junket for Brothers where Maguire was asked what director he would like to work with and he answered, “Guillermo Del Toro”. Then he had to go on and follow it up with, “We may have something here in the near future.” El Mayimbe went and checked with his industry sources and it looks like, “we’re in the early stages of talks between CAA and the producers of the Hobbit film for Tobey to topline the film as Bilbo Baggins!”
Keep in mind that these are just early talks and that Maguire has not been cast and no offer has been made. However, since it turns out that Spider-Man 4 and 5 aren’t shooting back-to-back, Maguire would have time in his schedule provided Spidey sticks to shooting in Winter 2010 and the first Hobbit movie stays on track to shoot in mid-Summer 2010. However, there’s a little bit of an issue with The Hobbit making that start late since as Del Toro told fans last week that WB still hasn’t given the official greenlight. Furthermore, since MGM holds half of the rights to the property and they’re being auctioned off next month. Del Toro and Peter Jackson have been funding pre-production out of their own pockets but they need a studio to head into filming. The casting of a name-star like Maguire could push WB to finally pull the trigger, but we’ll see.
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don,t mind it, but he wont have time, hobbit is filming for a year straight, and spidy films this winter
don,t mind it, but he wont have time, hobbit is filming for a year straight, and spidy films this winter
TOBY MCQUIRE is possibly playing BILBO. (a decision i’m happy with)
But, I think they should correct a scene in Fellowship, the scene from The Hobbit where young Bilbo finds the ring. They should reshoot that scene with Toby so it blends in better. Then just add that to the bluray, then thats how it will be remebered as forever.
TOBY MCQUIRE is possibly playing BILBO. (a decision i’m happy with)
But, I think they should correct a scene in Fellowship, the scene from The Hobbit where young Bilbo finds the ring. They should reshoot that scene with Toby so it blends in better. Then just add that to the bluray, then thats how it will be remebered as forever.
This would be great. Hope its true.
This would be great. Hope its true.
NO FUCKING WAY.
absolutely atrocious in spider-man. he plays peter parker like goddamn rainman.
he makes christopher lambert look like ben kingsley.
SAY IT AINT SO, DEL TORO!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO FUCKING WAY.
absolutely atrocious in spider-man. he plays peter parker like goddamn rainman.
he makes christopher lambert look like ben kingsley.
SAY IT AINT SO, DEL TORO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toby would make a great Bilbo. My first choice was another actor but he’s not available so Toby will do fine. Though I can’t see how he could fit it in to his schedule either!
Toby would make a great Bilbo. My first choice was another actor but he’s not available so Toby will do fine. Though I can’t see how he could fit it in to his schedule either!
Im only going to be happy with James McAvoy.
Im only going to be happy with James McAvoy.