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It’s no secret around my neck of the woods that I’m a rabidly-obsessive Middle Earth fanatic. So what’s the newest casting rumor to hit the interwebz? It seems Brian Cox just may be joining Bilbo Baggins on the quest to evict Smaug from the Lonely Mountain.

Our good friends over at We Are Movie Geeks have what could very well be a very big scoop this evening, assuming of course, that it turns out to be true.

The veteran actor is deciding to call it quits…for now. What does that mean for The Hobbit? Nobody knows, so there aren’t any answers inside or anything.

3D Hobbit? Not so according to director Guillermo del Toro. Rumors have been flying that del Toro was planning to take Tolkien’s classic and turn it into a 3D Hobbit Experience.

For some reason I have to write the word ‘Bilbo’ a ton in this post, and it feels slightly gross. Luckily, I don’t have to write “Ryan Reynolds Cast as Bilbo Baggins,” so that’s a relief.

All three actors are signed up to reprise their original trilogy roles for the upcoming The Hobbit, so feel free to wet your geek pants. After all, you can’t get any uncooler.

We already knew del Toro was going to take on Frankenstein. We didn’t realize he’d be keeping his clothes on for it.

I literally have no idea where I’ll be or what I’ll be doing nine hours from now… but Guillermo Del Toro is already planning ahead nine years into the future. He makes the rest of us look so lazy and unmotivated.

The full event schedule for Comic-Con International 2008 has finally been released online via the official Comic-Con website. And just to give you a taste of what you should be looking out for, I have dug into the schedule and emerged with some of the can’t miss movie geek events.

With The Hobbit, Guillermo Del Toro has a big task in front of him: How can he please the fans? In a recent interview, he discussed this topic in a shockingly literal way.

When Empire were interviewing Christopher Lee last week, they probably expected to hear about how he loved working on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Perhaps they even hoped to get him to talk about his disgust at being cut out of Return of the King. However, what they got sounds like the start of a brilliant storyline..

The casting race is on for The Hobbit and it appears James McAvoy has the inside track to play Bilbo Baggins. Baggins is the wandering Hobbit who found the Ring.

I bet you thought the biggest threat to the world of the Hobbits was Gollum, Sauron and the one Ring. Think again, it’s Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R., who wants to shut down Peter Jackson’s two new films based on Tolkien’s The Hobbit directed by Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro.

Late last night and on into the wee hours of this morning, the two moviemakers took question after question and gave up as much information as they could this early in the production.

There are talks to get three actors whose characters from LOTR, show up in The Hobbit: Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn/Strider, Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Andy Serkis as Gollum.

Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro are throwing a surprise online bash to help kick-start the production of The Hobbit. And you’re invited. Unfortunately, it is BYOB…

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The weekend is here. That means it’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy the Best of the Rejects.

Oh yes, ’tis true my friends — Guillermo Del Toro, the master director who has previously blown our collective mind with the awesome badassery of Hellboy and the euphoric grit and beauty of Pan’s Labyrinth has finally made it official. He will be directing The Hobbit.

MGM brings on a new chairperson and dished about a few interesting upcoming projects.