[ExGeeEye]

Freeman was Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a couple of years ago. Rumour had it that he was considered for BB but turned it down. Either false rumor, or they talked him into it. Either way, good call IMHO.

[Artemis Webb]

I don’t really care too much who plays the dwarves. The actors are going to be buried under makeup and their true physical stature is going to be heavily altered. I agree that Freeman is a good choice for Bilbo. I’ll be curious to see if Beorn will be in the movie and who will play him.

[Celtic Cross]

I still hold that LOTR sucked. This guy was just too cool to die! How could it happen?! >=(

[a fool in paradise]

Whew. At first I read that as Morgan Freeman as Bilbo Baggins.

Now when is somebody going to bring this to the screen?

[DManA]

With this movie they won’t have to worry about someone spilling the beans about how the story ends.

[DManA]

The voice of Smaug is an important casting consideration.

[EternalVigilance]

FR could easily spare ‘em a couple of trolls...

And then we could all cheer when the sun comes up and turns ‘em to stone.

[BlueLancer]

Richard Boone (Have Gun Will Travel) was the voice actor for Smaug for the old Rankin-Bass version of "The Hobbit". Outstanding voice work ...

Bilbo Meets Smaug

[Ramius]

Freeman is a good call for Bilbo, I think.

So far, so good. I trust Ian McKellen is back for Gandalf... He simply ~owns~ that role.

[Boogieman]

Dick Armitage as Thorin? Bold choice!

[GSWarrior]

Never heard of any of the new actors. But I don’t get out much.

[Mamzelle]

Who’s playing Elrond?