Elijah Wood is a lock to reprise his role as Frodo in “The Hobbit”, TheOneRing.Net tell us this morning.
Though
Frodo’s a major part of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy the character
doesn’t actually appear in J.R.R Tolkien’s “Hobbit”. Purists will no
doubt piss on the announcement, but for what it’s worth, Frodo’s
inclusion in the new film does sound organic enough to muster a pass.
Says
TheOneRing, “As readers of “The Hobbit” know, the tale of “The Downfall
of The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit or There and Back Again,” are
contained in the fictional “Red Book of Westmarch.” In Peter Jackson’s
LOTR films, the books are shown on screen and written in by Bilbo and
Frodo and handed off to Sam Gamgee. (Not explained on film are Sam’s
progeny later having the book and being Wardens of the Westmarch — hence
the book’s title.)
The fictional book, and either the telling
from it or the reading of it, will establish Frodo in the films
experiencing Bilbo’s story. Viewers to learn the tale of ‘The Hobbit’
with a familiar Frodo getting the tale as well.
Since the
speculation is now everywhere around the interwebs, TORn can confirm
that as of now, the plans are to feature Frodo in the opening sequence
of the films. It is unlikely that studio Warner Bros. or Team Jackson
would change the script at this point in response to the web buzz so we
may have just “spoiled” December 2012 for some, but we warned you. (And,
sat on the spoiler until leaks started to appear!)”
Now we just
need confirmation that Orlando Bloom is definitely returning to reprise
his “Rings” role of Legalos, as recently mooted.
The two “The
Hobbit” films – which, as we reported yesterday, will be distributed
worldwide by Warner Bros – begin lensing in February.
