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HappyHarryHardOn

2009-12-15 05:35:06 PM

Itd still be nowhere close to the failure of casting him as Peter Parker

TheGrayCat

2009-12-15 05:48:53 PM

It won't be Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit". It will be Guillermo del Toro's "The Hobbit". Jackson isn't directing.

And I'll believe this bit of casting rumor when I hear he's signed.

/still thinks James McAvoy would have been good.

DamnYankees

2009-12-15 06:07:07 PM

please

god

no

Sgt Otter

2009-12-15 06:08:11 PM

FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU.....

GoteamVenture

2009-12-15 06:26:49 PM

Bilbo: "My wraith sense is tingling!"

MyRandomName

2009-12-15 06:27:03 PM

boooooooooooooooooo.

// rage guy

Gunny Highway

2009-12-15 06:28:18 PM

First Peter Parker and now Bilbo. Sheesh.

mongbiohazard

2009-12-15 06:28:43 PM

HappyHarryHardOn: Itd still be nowhere close to the failure of casting him as Peter Parker

I thought he was a perfect Peter Parker. The problem with the last Spiderman movie seemed to me to be more about Sony's insistence that the director include Venom, more than anything else.

Fano

2009-12-15 06:30:31 PM

I embroidered it just for you, subby.

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-12-15 06:34:24 PM

Cool? Subby, Tobey Maguire is as close to cool as the Oral Roberts/Jesus headline is brilliant - that is to say, not very. Over-hyped but ultimately pedestrian.

Saborlas

2009-12-15 06:35:31 PM

Considering how LOTR trilo had Ian Helm picking up that damn ring, it makes no sense to use anyone else.

Shenanigans!

2009-12-15 06:35:52 PM

I don't think so, but it looks like he'd take it if it were offered, which it hasn't been.

I'm hoping he James McAvoy rumor is true - I think he's got the right look, accent, stature, and twinkle in his eye for the role.

Nothing against Tobey Maguire, but I just don't see it...

Izigaul

2009-12-15 06:35:59 PM

SilentStrider

2009-12-15 06:37:13 PM

I thought they'd already casted that role?

Drakonas

2009-12-15 06:39:38 PM

I think im gonna be sick

i4.ytimg.com

mhd

2009-12-15 06:41:06 PM

Okay, good, but does Bill Bailey get to play a dwarf?

Bonanza Jellybean

2009-12-15 06:42:18 PM

Tobey Maguire, Topher Grace, and Elijah Wood should be strapped to a rocket and fired into the sun.

/I just don't like them

Digitalstrange

2009-12-15 06:44:33 PM

HappyHarryHardOn: Itd still be nowhere close to the failure of casting him as Peter Parker

Actually that was perfect casting. PP was always the shy nerd. Toby did a good job with the material, some of which has sucked.

grinningdeamon

2009-12-15 06:47:41 PM

So how would someone who looks like a hobbit and even goes by the nickname "Hobbit" get a role in this movie? Even as an extra?

crockadock

2009-12-15 06:51:13 PM

Most improper use of the "cool" tag this month

WeezinTheJuice

2009-12-15 06:53:39 PM

/NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WeezinTheJuice

2009-12-15 06:54:44 PM

Well played, Corpse

/NOOOOOOOOOO

bugmn99

2009-12-15 06:56:31 PM

Was Shia LeBeouf unavailable or something?

WFern

2009-12-15 06:57:49 PM

I thought Bilbo "hadn't aged a day?"

TheGrayCat: It won't be Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit". It will be Guillermo del Toro's "The Hobbit". Jackson isn't directing...

True, but McKellen will be in it and it's meant to exist in the same "universe."

Sgt Otter: FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU.....

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Problem officer?

WFern

2009-12-15 06:59:54 PM

ZeroCorpse: nonononononono!

Tobey McGuire is a decent actor, but he's SO unable to "sink into" his character. If he is cast, I will only see Tobey McGuire on the screen. He can't "become" his character, because-- frankly-- he's unattractive enough to shine through any makeup.

Make him a dwarf. He looks like a dwarf.

/luckily, the rumor is false.
//He's not even British.

He looks pretty damn impressive in Brothers. The first two Spider-Man films were good as well, regardless of that goofy crap that constituted part 3.

jerkobson

2009-12-15 07:01:13 PM

The only casting rumor for this movie that has me excited is Tom Waits, as the voice of Smaug.

ConConHead

2009-12-15 07:05:28 PM

Count me in with those "Noooo's"
Meh.

Just tell me who Doug Jones is cast as, already.

rorypk

2009-12-15 07:06:58 PM

didn't he already play Frodo? I'm supposed to suspend disbelief the same actor in two different roles in essentially the same story?

johnson442

2009-12-15 07:08:18 PM

jerkobson: The only casting rumor for this movie that has me excited is Tom Waits, as the voice of Smaug.

If they don't have Andy Serkis reprising his role of Gollum, figure on a third of the potential audience staying at home!

/the man was robbed when he didn't win awards for his performance.
//Robbed, I say!

bushbot111

2009-12-15 07:09:58 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

worst. ~~actor~~. ever.

kilz0r

2009-12-15 07:10:51 PM

mhd: Okay, good, but does Bill Bailey get to play a dwarf?

this.

Shenanigans!

2009-12-15 07:10:51 PM

johnson442: jerkobson:If they don't have Andy Serkis reprising his role of Gollum, figure on a third of the potential audience staying at home!

/the man was robbed when he didn't win awards for his performance.
//Robbed, I say!

Serkis will be back as Gollum...I read an interview with him recently where he mentioned it. Who else could play that part???? Other than one of the Olsen twins.

Sgt Otter

2009-12-15 07:11:22 PM

Digitalstrange: HappyHarryHardOn: Itd still be nowhere close to the failure of casting him as Peter Parker

Actually that was perfect casting. PP was always the shy nerd. Toby did a good job with the material, some of which has sucked.

Minus the Emo Peter Parker in part III, I thought he was a pretty decent Peter Parker. However, he was a terrible Spider-Man. The comic cheats by having his mask change shape to convey facial expressions, but the static mask and his narcoleptic line readings made a lousy Spider-Man.

bushbot111

2009-12-15 07:19:54 PM

Sgt Otter: Digitalstrange: HappyHarryHardOn: Itd still be nowhere close to the failure of casting him as Peter Parker

Actually that was perfect casting. PP was always the shy nerd. Toby did a good job with the material, some of which has sucked.

Minus the Emo Peter Parker in part III, I thought he was a pretty decent Peter Parker. However, he was a terrible Spider-Man. The comic cheats by having his mask change shape to convey facial expressions, but the static mask and his narcoleptic line readings made a lousy Spider-Man.

He ruined Spiderman. I mean the entire series. All of those movies sucked. It was embarassing to watch (I stopped after 2)

Knight Errant

2009-12-15 07:23:59 PM

Why does Tobey Maguire hate nerds?

WFern

2009-12-15 07:24:02 PM

bushbot111: Sgt Otter: Digitalstrange: HappyHarryHardOn: Itd still be nowhere close to the failure of casting him as Peter Parker

Actually that was perfect casting. PP was always the shy nerd. Toby did a good job with the material, some of which has sucked.

Minus the Emo Peter Parker in part III, I thought he was a pretty decent Peter Parker. However, he was a terrible Spider-Man. The comic cheats by having his mask change shape to convey facial expressions, but the static mask and his narcoleptic line readings made a lousy Spider-Man.

He ruined Spiderman. I mean the entire series. All of those movies sucked. It was embarassing to watch (I stopped after 2)

I thought they were very enjoyable B-movies, with part 3's exception.

There's good Camp and bad Camp and that last film went the latter route.

festus

2009-12-15 07:26:08 PM

mhd: Okay, good, but does Bill Bailey get to play a dwarf?

THIS

TheGrayCat

2009-12-15 07:27:19 PM

jerkobson: The only casting rumor for this movie that has me excited is Tom Waits, as the voice of Smaug.

Oh dear God - I would nerdgasm if Waits is signed.

/Tom Waits is my secret boyfriend
//not even Tom knows
///don't tell my husband

skaetur

2009-12-15 07:30:03 PM

/does not want nasty toby hobbitses

GungFu

2009-12-15 07:40:41 PM

Smaug - Ron Perlman but Waits is a good choice

Bilbo - some Brit actor - Martin Freeman (if he ever learns/get operation to not talk through his nose)/ James MacAvoy

Dwarves - Peter Dinklage/ that other small dude from In Bruges/ Warwick Davis

The_Sponge

2009-12-15 07:44:05 PM

For everyone's enjoyment:

The Bilbo Baggins Song (new window)

Stile4aly

2009-12-15 07:50:53 PM

/Hot like the plains of Gorgoroth

//James McAvoy or David Tennant FTW

Reverend Otis

2009-12-15 07:54:36 PM

Elijah Wood is going to play Frodo?!

THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO SUCK DONKEY BAWLS!!!!

/Fark, circa 2000

Crudbucket

2009-12-15 07:58:48 PM

GungFu: Smaug - Ron Perlman but Waits is a good choice

Bilbo - some Brit actor - Martin Freeman (if he ever learns/get operation to not talk through his nose)/ James MacAvoy

Dwarves - Peter Dinklage/ ~~that other small dude from In Bruges~~ Jordan Prentice/ Warwick Davis

I didn't realize it wasn't Peter Dinklage in In Bruges until the 2nd time I watched it.

mikkimouse

2009-12-15 08:00:25 PM

Please no. Please no. Please no.

I don't want my idea of Bilbo to be tarnished by the idea of emo Peter Parker dancing horribly down the street.

IExpectAKill

2009-12-15 08:05:49 PM

NEGATIVE. (new window) Read more Chud.com.

johnson442

2009-12-15 08:06:10 PM

Serkis will be back as Gollum...I read an interview with him recently where he mentioned it. Who else could play that part???? Other than one of the Olsen twins.

Oh, come on! I can see adding a tone of pathos into the Gollum character, but that is just sad!

/need brain bleach now.....thanx lots!

ronin

2009-12-15 08:07:08 PM

GungFu:
Dwarves - Peter Dinklage/ that other small dude from In Bruges/ Warwick Davis

Dinklage is going to be busy (at least I hope he is). But considering John Rhys Davies played Gimli in LotR, I don't think they will go the route of hiring little people to fill the dwarf roles.

ElusiveWookiee

2009-12-15 08:22:42 PM

Not happening (new window)

Franklin Delano Bluth

2009-12-15 08:23:12 PM