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Benedict Cumberbatch to Play Smaug in 'The Hobbit'

Source: Deadline

It's been confirmed that 'Sherlock' star Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing dual roles in Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', and 'The Hobbit: There and Back Again'. Cumberbatch, who was already voicing the character of The Necromancer, has been chosen to also play the role of the powerful and greedy dragon Smaug. The same methods used for Andy Serkis' portrayal of Gollum will be used to capture movement and facial expressions from the actor, which will then be mapped onto a digital model.

 

In addition to playing the main villain, it is presumed that Cumberbatch's role as The Necromancer (the disembodied spirit of the defeated Sauron) will be fully expanded upon in the two films and that we will get to see more of the "important business" that Gandalf had to attend to during 'The Hobbit' (in which he tries to convince the White Council to attack Dol Guldur and drive Sauron's spirit from Mirkwood).

 

Star of the upcoming film 'The Three Musketeers', Luke Evans has also joined the cast as Bard the Grim - skilled archer and heir of King Girion of Dale (who was killed by Smaug). The production in New Zealand is currently underway and with these latest additions the major casting for the film is now complete.

 

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' will be in theaters December 14th 2012 and also stars Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee.

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Comment by Alicia Marie on June 21, 2011 at 2:17pm

Yay, Sherlock Holmes is back again! Love his acting.

 

Comment by Devin on June 20, 2011 at 10:16pm
....... who?
Comment by Gift of the Magi on June 20, 2011 at 8:00am
THIS is actually good news. The part about Evangeline Lilly however makes my brain hurt.
Comment by n8 on June 19, 2011 at 11:07pm
@Vidocq:  That's great news!
Frelling loving this cast.  Sherlock Holmes, Watson, TWO DOCTORS, and the original cast returning.  Frak yeah.
Comment by Ghosthead84 on June 19, 2011 at 4:51pm

He has a tremendous voice, send shivers down my spine, he was great in Frankenstein,

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Comment by Ben Dover on June 19, 2011 at 4:51pm
PJ announced Evangeline Lilly is playing a woodelf! Sorry if tjis post has some spelling flaws since there's jizz all over my screen.
Comment by Vidocq on June 18, 2011 at 3:30pm
For those who apparently don't know him here is a clip from Sherlock.
Comment by The Connoisseur on June 18, 2011 at 5:40am
Comment by Joobless on June 18, 2011 at 5:22am
I always thought the LotR movies are amazingly well casted, and it doesn't look like I'll have to change my mind about that any time soon.
Comment by Lightspeed Jack (aka solidsnake) on June 17, 2011 at 8:27pm
Hahaha....cum.

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