{"id":36510,"date":"2010-05-04T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T23:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=36510"},"modified":"2010-05-04T18:15:12","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T23:15:12","slug":"mckellen-talks-the-hobbit-in-oz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/05\/04\/36510-mckellen-talks-the-hobbit-in-oz\/","title":{"rendered":"McKellen talks The Hobbit in Oz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"From whatsplaying.com<\/a><\/strong> Speaking to Melbourne\u2019s Play yesterday, Sir Ian McKellen – currently appearing in an Australian production of Waiting for Godot at the Comedy Theatre – says he had expected to start work on the first of the two Hobbit movies a few weeks ago. \u201cThat should have started in April but they didn\u2019t contact me about a contract until a few weeks ago and we\u2019re in negotiation\u201d, the actor, who\u2019d be reprising his Lord of the Rings\u2018 role Gandalf for the film, said. \u201cI shall see (director) Guillermo del Toro and (executive producer) Peter Jackson when I\u2019m in New Zealand after we\u2019ve been to Australia and well find out more then.\u201d More..<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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