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Bilbo:

Martin Freeman








Thorin Oakenshield:

Richard Armitage







Fili:

Dean O'Gorman





Kili:

Aidan Turner




(Fili & Kili)





Balin:

Ken Stott





Dwalin:

Graham McTavish




(Balin & Dwalin)





Oin:

John Callen





Gloin:

Peter Hambleton




(Oin & Gloin)






Bombur:

Stephen Hunter





Bofur:

James Nesbitt





Bifur:

William Kircher




(Bombur, Bofur, & Bifur)





Nori:

Jed Brophy






Ori:

Adam Brown





Dori:

Mark Hadlow




(Nori, Ori, & Dori)





Dain:

Billy Connolly






Galadriel:

Cate Blanchett





Radagast the Brown:

Sylvester McCoy





Beorn:

Mikael Persbrandt





Gollum:

Andy Serkis





Gandalf:

Sir Ian McKellan





Frodo:

Elijah Wood






Thror:

Jeffrey Thomas






Thrain:

Mike Mizrahi

A short article

Here is something. Mizrahi owns this production company.







Thranduil

Lee Pace





Elrond

Hugo Weaving





Master of Laketown:

Stephen Fry






Alfrid:

(the Master of Laketown's servant, not Batman's)

Ryan Gage





Azog the Orc:

Conan Stevens





Legolas:

Orlando Bloom





Saruman:

Christopher Lee






Elder Bilbo:

Ian Holm






Lindir:

Bret McKenzie





Bard:

Luke Evans






Smaug/Necromancer (voices):

Benedict Cumberbatch






Tauriel:

Evangeline Lilly






Goblin King:

Barry Humphries



(This picture cracks me up. He was the voice of the main shark in Finding Nemo. )



Elros:

Robin Kerr





Bain:

John Bell

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I'm missing John Callen, obviously, so if anyone finds a picture of him, please let me know. I'll add it.

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Great stuff, Lali!
I suppose we could include Sylvester McCoy now, who's in New Zealand and claiming he has been cast as Radagast, although he's yet to sign on the dotted line...

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There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
~Diana Cortes

Cool!

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Aidan Turner *squeeeeeeee* He's brilliant in Being Human I was thrilled when he was cast a Kili!

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Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You’ve come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away
Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping

I'm squeeing a bit over Richard Armitage. But Rob Kazinsky is pretty hot, too!

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At first I read "Stephen Harper" instead of "Stephen Hunter" (I bed vison did too)

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Melkor and Ungoliant in need of some relationship counselling.

What's the meaning of this?

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I've updated the first post to include the two latest confirmed cast members: James Nesbitt (Waking Ned Devine ) and Adam Brown.

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10 down...3 to go!

(Balin, Nori and Bifur...guess we may get a bigger name for Balin, perhaps?)

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There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
~Diana Cortes

Oh, I don't know. But I did see on IMDB that Leonard Nimoy is on the list of possibilities for the Hobbit cast. ??? What rumor is that?

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Were they referring to his music video made in the 60s?

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Melkor and Ungoliant in need of some relationship counselling.

It could be! Maybe somebody thought that would be a funny joke and put it on their website.

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Oh, the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins! That's a classic. I mean, the man clearly has talent.

Radagast appears? As script-changes go, that's very very awesome!

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Mai hiruvalye Valimar!

Interesting. I'm interested in seeing how Martin Freeman looks in this role once all is said and done. Its, for me at least, one of those castings that I tend not to like too much, but I'm often proven wrong once I see the finished product. If he is definately Bilbo, then I really hope I like him!

Btw, when I went to write "Martin Freeman", I started writing "Tim". Clearly The Office is still playing in my brain.

I added a picture of John Callen.

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I added some more! TORN announced some new additions.

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I've updated the list, and I've stickied the thread. (Hope no one minds!)

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Oh my God! Thranduil is dreamy!

Also I'm digging Radagast and Stephen Fry is in it?! I didn't know that!

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“And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise.”