The role of Bard has been cast for Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit," and the news broke somewhere other than Jackson's Facebook page.
The director has been busy keeping fans up to date on the production, but this time Deadline broke the news that Luke Evans had landed the role.
The site also reported Benedict Cumberbatch will provide the voice of the dragon Smaug.
Evans was Apollo in the "Clash of the Titans" remake and will next be seen as Aramis in Paul W.S. Anderson's "The Three Musketeers," which is due out in October. Cumberbatch portrayed Sherlock Holmes in BBC's modern-day take on the character and will be seen this December in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the play "War Horse," which cleaned house at the Tony Awards last weekend.
"The Hobbit" will be presented at two films. The first, titled “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” will be released on Dec. 14, 2012. The second, titled “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,” is slated for release the following year, on Dec. 13, 2013.
Both films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” The adventure of “The Hobbit” follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.
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| Luke Evans |
The site also reported Benedict Cumberbatch will provide the voice of the dragon Smaug.
Evans was Apollo in the "Clash of the Titans" remake and will next be seen as Aramis in Paul W.S. Anderson's "The Three Musketeers," which is due out in October. Cumberbatch portrayed Sherlock Holmes in BBC's modern-day take on the character and will be seen this December in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the play "War Horse," which cleaned house at the Tony Awards last weekend.
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| Benedict Cumberbatch |
Both films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” The adventure of “The Hobbit” follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.
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