9. News - Entertainment - "The Hobbit " (by Saswat Mishra AKA Raja)

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The Hobbit is an upcoming two-part film adaptation of the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, is directing the film and also serves as producer and co-writer.
 

The two parts are currently in production, and are being filmed back to back in New Zealand, with principal photography beginning on March 21, 2011.

Current cast

Several actors from Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, and Christopher Lee. Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, and Orlando Bloom, though currently unsigned, are expected to return as well.


The film will star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins the protagonist of the film.

Director Sir Peter Jackson

The story follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins who ultimately meets the Gollum in the wild during a quest, where he gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring, the simple gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-Earth.


“News and Features” hopes this film to be a multiple award-winning series like the “The Lord of the Rings film trilogy” which had received both critical and commercial success throughout the planet.