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Gandalf is happy with "The Hobbit" film script!
Finally, someone close to Peter Jackson-Guillermo del Toro's eagerly awaited take on "The Hobbit" can speak confidently about its progress. It's noneother than Gandalf himself, Sir Ian McKellen.
Internet film bloggers are buzzing loudly about McKellen's comments to Sci-Fi Wire on this new adapation of the J.R.R. Tolkein classic, which was crafted by Jackson and del Toro with Fran Walsh and Philipa Boyens. That a script is making the rounds within the creative team offers a solid clue that the project is moving slowly forward. Even more, McKellen's first impression of the material was resoundingly positive.
"As Peter has said, they loved writing Gandalf for The Hobbit because they knew who they were writing him for," McKellen said. "There are a lot of characters in 'The Hobbit' including, crucially, Bilbo, and they don't know who's going to play Bilbo. So it's extremely attractive that this part has been written for me. The other Gandalf was written for, well, just as Gandalf. There's lots for me to enjoy, in all sorts of ways. And I couldn't be happier. But I'm sworn to secrecy. I'm not to say anything at all about the script."
As for commenting on the first ever collaboration between creative titans Jackson and del Toro (pictured below)?
"They are the same person," McKellen added. "They were separated at birth. They're twins. They have the same attitude. Neither likes working in Hollywood. They're both fascinated by fantasy and violence on the screen, and gore, and things that frighten you. They like going into the psyche. They're both brilliant storytellers in very much the same way. And I think the script, because I have read it, plays very much to Guillermo's strengths, as I've seen them."
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