James Mcavoy - Mcavoy Tipped For Hobbit Role

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Stalked: Downey Jr, Transformers 2, McAvoy for Baggins?
Published 5/29/2008 at Filmstalker
... say Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro will all be coming back to fight giant robots. The Hobbit and it's sequel have already prompted speculation about who will be playing Bilbo Baggins. Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson said they had someone in mind, but were not for sharing who. The rumour, and it is a rumour, is that the person is James McAvoy. Bear in mind that the news comes via a British tabloid newspaper, through ...

Rumor Watch: James McAvoy as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit?
Published 5/29/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... Rumor has it that James McAvoy will play Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit.  A source tells British newspaper the Daily Express: ...

James McAvoy To Play Bilbo Baggins?
Published 5/29/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... Hobbit”. But as I’ve said repeatedly, that’s just a nonsense idea. The Hobbit calls for a younger Bilbo… not to mention Holm is now 6-8 years older than he was when they filmed the Lord of the Rings flicks. It’s not an option. We have heard that Del Toro may use Holm to narrate The Hobbit, which I think would be the perfect tie in. Anyway… The word going around right now is that James McAvoy is first in line to play Bilbo. Contactmusic.com gives us this: A source tells British newspaper the Daily ...

James McAvoy to play Bilbo Baggins?
Published 5/29/2008 by Original Sharp (noreply@blogger.com) at Original Sharp Says...
... 4's SHAMELESS - and I have to say he is pretty good. 'The source' went on to tell the express: "They're expected to have talks soon so hopefully it could be confirmed in the not too distant future." So what to make of this? At the moment? It's too early to tell, my advice would be to wait and see because when it comes down to it - who knows? Just remember you heard this here first folks! You can check out the Daily Express story HERE.

James McAvoy could be Bilbo Baggins
Published 5/29/2008 by Mike at Pop Critics
... Contact Music is reporting that James McAvoy is the producers’ choice to play Bilbo. If you remember from the Lord of the Rings films, that role was taken by Ian Holm, but obviously they need a much younger actor to play the part now. ...

James McAvoy First Choice For “The Hobbit”?
Published 5/29/2008 by Rick at TunaFlix
Scottish actor JAMES MCAVOY has been tipped to take the lead role in the new movie version of LORD OF THE RINGS prequel THE HOBBIT. Source I’ve been burned by a James McAvoy rumor before, so first off, I’d just like to remind everyone how unreliable the British tabloids can be. Still, according to The Daily Express, the Scottish actor has the inside track to play The Hobbit lead Bilbo Baggins, a role originally played by Ian ...