Over at Shakesville, Wev McEwan has a link at to the first pictures of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.
To put it simply, Freeman looks more like a Bagginses than Ian McKlellan looks like a Gandalf, which means, I can’t wait!
Also, guess who’s doing the voice of Smaug.
There and back again on this blog: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Middle Earth.
Really? He's Smaug?
*unmanly squee*
Best news I've heard about the whole project, other than the Martin Freeman angle. He's truly the every-Baggins/Wwatson/Ponder Stibbons.
Posted by: El Jefe | Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 06:35 PM
I first misunderstood that as Morgan Freeman playing Bilbo, and I thought, "Wow. Now that's a daring casting choice."
Posted by: Rana | Friday, June 24, 2011 at 02:01 PM
Rana,
You've just won the comments section for this week.
Posted by: El Jefe | Friday, June 24, 2011 at 06:34 PM