{"id":28551,"date":"2008-03-26T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/03\/26\/28551-sir-ian-mckellen-to-reprise-his-role-as-gandalf\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T13:09:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T18:09:10","slug":"sir-ian-mckellen-to-reprise-his-role-as-gandalf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/03\/26\/28551-sir-ian-mckellen-to-reprise-his-role-as-gandalf\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Ian McKellen to reprise his role as Gandalf?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gandalf.jpg\"<\/a>Things are looking up for those of us who are hoping to see Sir Ian McKellen return to the role of Gandalf in The Hobbit. Many of you have pointed us to the Q&A Sir Ian posted on his blog today:<\/p>\n

“Q: Have you been approached yet by Peter Jackson or anyone else about reprising your wonderful role as Gandalf for the two upcoming “Hobbit” movies. I read that principal photography begins in 2009, and I can’t imagine those movies without you!<\/p>\n

A: Encouragingly, Peter and Fran Walsh have told me they couldn’t imagine The Hobbit without their original Gandalf. Their confidence hasn’t yet been confirmed by the director Guillermo del Toro but I am keeping my diary free for 2009!”<\/p><\/div>\n

Keep that calendar clear, Sir Ian! Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Things are looking up for those of us who are hoping to see Sir Ian McKellen return to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49,10,5,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mckellen","category-lotr-cast-news","category-lotr-movies","category-lotr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t