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Cox to Join 'The Hobbit'?
Source: Ain't It Cool News
Ain't It Cool News reports that Brian Cox may have been cast in Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit:
This is a news item I'd love to proclaim with all-out certainty, but my tried and trusted source(s) aren't sure if this is a total lock, or whether it's just someone they're seriously interested in. Either way, producers of THE HOBBIT have begun looking at casting for the dwarves (dwarfs?), and one name has emerged as a major contender: Brian Cox. He's a brilliant choice for the role: physically, he fits with the depiction of the the race in LOTR (well, Gimli), and he's a born Scotsman. Also, he could yell at Galadriel for adding narration. So there you go. If this comes to fruition, you heard it here first!
Ain't It Cool News reports that Brian Cox may have been cast in Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit:
This is a news item I'd love to proclaim with all-out certainty, but my tried and trusted source(s) aren't sure if this is a total lock, or whether it's just someone they're seriously interested in. Either way, producers of THE HOBBIT have begun looking at casting for the dwarves (dwarfs?), and one name has emerged as a major contender: Brian Cox. He's a brilliant choice for the role: physically, he fits with the depiction of the the race in LOTR (well, Gimli), and he's a born Scotsman. Also, he could yell at Galadriel for adding narration. So there you go. If this comes to fruition, you heard it here first!
Tags: brian cox, guillermo del toro, movie news, the hobbit
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Comment by Fungusmonkey on November 17, 2009 at 9:40am -
@MisterKeitel - they're trying to make The Hobbit a worthy predecessor to the LOTR trilogy, so they're adding as much to the story as they can to fully realize the prequel. They've even said that they added parts where you actually see what Gandalf does during the parts in the book where he disappears for lengths of time, because it all contributes to the main story.
Barring that, though - a standard full length script is usually anywhere from 100-130 pages long. The Hobbit is 320 pages long. I'm sure they have more than enough material from the book to pack it into two epic films. Even if you eliminated all of the descriptive passages and cut it down to strictly dialog, I think it would still be tricky to cram it into a single film. The animated Hobbit did an okay job of it, but it plays more like a greatest hits version of the story where they cut right from travel montage to big action and repeat.
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Comment by MisterKeitel on November 17, 2009 at 9:21am - I see in Imbd that the movie will be in two parts. I think that's more to milk the movie for more money. I just don't think ther's 4 hours of story to be told. Two and half is the most lenght I think this movie might need.
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Comment by Jon on November 17, 2009 at 4:27am -
can't like this news better than I do.
I hope the dwarfs are all cast to this caliber
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Comment by Derelicked on November 17, 2009 at 3:39am - Perfect casting!
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Comment by Brandon Mac $hawn on November 17, 2009 at 3:07am - Sounds like a good fit.
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Comment by The Beast on Yeast on November 16, 2009 at 9:40pm - Yes! YES! This is gonna be some crazy shit!
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Comment by Cameron on November 16, 2009 at 9:37pm - Brian Cox is bad-ass.
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Comment by Andrew on November 16, 2009 at 8:52pm - Now THIS we can get excited about
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Comment by THEV01 on November 16, 2009 at 7:28pm -
He's playing Thorin Okenshield.
No pint guessing it really.
Sensisble choice since i'm not really sure how old Brian Blessed is.
Great job Del Toro.
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Comment by Timmy Cupcakes on November 16, 2009 at 7:07pm -
Haha Andrew and MisterKeitel, exactly what I'm thinking. I remember reading the book and thinking something along the lines of the old Hobbit cartoon movie.
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