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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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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.

Elijah Wood is hoping to extend his career, so he goes sniffing back around Peter Jackson’s camp again. Nothing like going back to the well.

The Pan’s Labyrinth director was asked what he’d like to do next when the WGA strike ends. His answer: FRANKENSTEIN!

Which director is going to take the helm on The Hobbit? Allow us to break it down for you…

If Peter Jackson was to produce The Hobbit, instead of direct it, then Sam Raimi wanted a chance at the director’s chair.

It could be a matter of days before Peter Jackson is announced as the director for 2 Hobbit films.