McAvoy To Play Bilbo In "Hobbit"? (May 29th 2008)

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McAvoy To Get His Baggins On?
Published 5/29/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JA) at my new plaid pants
... The rumormongering has been going at it for weeks (months... years, really) as to whom might be cast as the young Bilbo Baggins in the film version of The Hobbit. Del Toro and Jackson both have said that we won't hear anything until next year, but I found the following baseless rumor better than some of the others. Via DH: "The Daily Express reports that Scottish hunk and acclaimed 29-year-old thespian James McAvoy ("Atonement," "The Last King of Scotland") is the favourite to play the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro's "The ...

Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: June 1, 2008
Published 6/1/2008 by Sean at Film Junk
... He’s Just Not That Into You Some Stories We Didn’t Cover Michael Bay to Produce Ouija Board: The Movie Zack Snyder’s Watchmen Nearing 3 Hours in Length Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter Animated Film Going Direct to DVD, But Will Be Included in Director’s Cut Plot and Poster for Alex Proyas’ Knowing Robert Rodriguez to Direct Family Comedy Shorts Tobey Maguire Still Top Choice to Play Spider-Man Emily The Strange Movie James McAvoy as Bilbo Baggins? Robocop Remake May Be in 3D Jean-Claude Van Damme’s JCVD = ...