"No, we won't be announcing Bilbo for a little while," he said when we asked about a Comic-Con announcement. "We're starting to think about casting, but we're knee-deep in the script right now. And when we do go to actors, they're probably going to ask to see a script, so we're powering ahead with getting the first draft done."
It was rumored that Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy and David Tennant were in the running for the role, but it seems that talk might be a bit premature. The site also asked him what his next directorial plans are after The Lovely Bones.
"I haven't yet decided what I'll be directing after that. At the moment we're concentrating on writing a couple of little movies with Guillermo [Del Toro]. A couple of small films! (Laughs) And that's going to take us another few months of writing to do.
"But we are developing a couple of projects which are potentially films that I'd direct for next year. Temeraire is still on the cards. But those are really taking a second place at the moment..."
Tenemaire is an adaptation of Naomi Novik's fantasy novel series that revolves around English and French armies fighting in the Napoleonic wars with dragons.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes to theaters December 14th, 2012 and stars Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.
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-comrade-
So great, this will come out in ten years...
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
slysnide
better yet...get Ian Holm back...with a scale & stunt double of course.
3 years agoby @slysnideFlag
SlysnideII: Angel Eyes
Radcliffe is WAY too young for this. wtf consider him?
3 years agoby @slysnideiiFlag
Mutant
They should get David, he's such a great actor.
3 years agoby @zenderFlag
Chad Vital
It'd be*
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
Chad Vital
They should go with Tennant since he's kinda unknown. It'd to too weird to see Radcliffe as a Hobbit AND Harry Potter lol. But then again, from the studio's point of view, he'd get butts in the seats for sure. McAvoy seems too tall for a Hobbit even with the computer effects and shots. Elijah Wood and Ian Holm were already short in height, so it wasn't abnormal looking.
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
Oli
I agree, no to Radcliffe and McAvoy. Haven't seen much of Tennant so I can't say...
3 years agoby @reviloleeFlag
Cripple
I would love to see David Tennant in this role. I love Doctor Who.
3 years agoby @crippleFlag
Chad Vital
Two Harry Potter actors and the guy from Wanted right?
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
Raoul Duke
I can be patient. No Radcliffe or McAvoy though for the love of God. Tennant I wouldn't mind so much, he'd just have to put on some weight.
3 years agoby @raoulduke33Flag
-comrade-
Which sucks because it's that much more for GDT to do before he can even think about Dr. Strange.
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag