The British legend that is Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed Hugo Weaving’s involvement in THE HOBBIT. The thesp wrote on his online blog the news (which we kind of all expected), and confirmed that Matrin Freeman has left the project, for the moment anyway, to shoot SHERLOCK back in London.
“Martin Freeman has left ‘The Hobbit.’ This is not another April Fool, just a May Fact. Before signing as Bilbo, Martin had agreed to make three 90-minute TV films in London, again playing Dr Watson to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes.
No worries: he’ll be back in Middle Earth after our first hiatus, during which Peter Jackson will have spare time to edit the scenes already completed. The rest of the cast remains on duty for another few weeks, working on hobbit-less sections of the film. These involve dwarves of course but also elves, with Hugo Weaving back for a stretch as Lord Elrond.”
Read McKellen’s blog here.
