A Hobb-Hit of Casting

The long-anticipated prequel to one of the best film franchises of all-time might just have found its lead actor, which is also great news that suggests this movie might just get made somewhere between now and the time that I'm dead.

Martin Freeman, the star of the U.K. original version of "The Office" (He played Tim, who is Jim over here in America), is reportedly in talks to star as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. I am actually very excited about this news. There have been some bigger names attached to this project in the last few months, but I like the fact that they might pick an actor who is very unfamiliar to U.S. audiences (He also appeared in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy). In any event, holy majoles, we could have a Hobbit movie (or movies, rather, it will be two parts), come 2012 and 2013. The world better not in end in 2012 because I will be pissed if I don't get to see part two, and I know I am not alone in that regard.

I said good day, sir!
-E