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I’m 71 and fit: though at my age who knows what accident is 'round the next corner? For a year or more, I have been arranging my professional commitments around the possibility of The Hobbit films starting at almost anytime. We brought the Waiting for Godot tour of Australia to New Zealand early 2010, assuming I would stay on to start shooting soon after. Then there was yet another delay: but in Wellington I met with Guillermo del Toro and later read his script for Part One, written with the LOTR writing team. It was true to the style, the fun and the romance of the trilogy.
When Peter Jackson, already producing, resumed the director’s chair, he kept me in touch with developments. A second screenplay was sent over, on the understanding that I would not talk about what I read in it.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sir Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen Comments on Joining The Hobbit
Sir Ian McKellen (who is also on twitter) has posted on his official website his thoughts and a little bit of background on finally signing on to The Hobbit films after the unexpected delays due to MGM's bankruptcy and the actor boycott.