According to PerezHilton.com, Scottish actor James McAvoy has won the leading roll as a younger Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming prequel, The Hobbit, to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
From the article:
Said to take the lead role of hobbit Bilbo Baggins is Scottish actor James McAvoy.
The J.R.R. Tolkien novel is hoping to be the next blockbuster big hit and will be… Click to read more

It’s official: Peter Jackson will executive produce not one but two Hobbit films that will be shot back-to-back (echoes of LoTR), with production beginning in 2009.
This is monumental news, considering the very public fallout between Jackson and New Line Cinema.
Peter Jackson, lord of lore, had this to say:
“I’m very pleased that we’v… Click to read more