Amazing what happens once a movie actually starts getting filmed, isn't it?
This time three months ago, The Hobbit seemed as doomed as Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, only more so. Like, between the directorial shufflings, financial woes and labor disputes, for the better part of 2010 it looked like this thing was just never gonna happen.
Now the film is moving full steam ahead and gathering momentum at remarkable speed. Following last week's news that Elijah Wood wil be reprising his role as Frodo, now come reports via Twitter from the-hobbitmovie.com that Ian McKellen will return as Gandalf, and Andy "Precccciouss" Serkis will be back as Gollum!