{"id":44221,"date":"2011-05-10T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=44221"},"modified":"2011-05-10T06:42:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T11:42:15","slug":"ian-mckellen-confirms-elrond-lindirfigwit-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/05\/10\/44221-ian-mckellen-confirms-elrond-lindirfigwit-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McKellen Confirms Elrond, Lindir\/Figwit Casting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-38469\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/09\/11\/38468-ian-mckellen-the-aim-is-to-start-filming-in-january\/ian-mckellen-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38469 alignright no-lazyload\" title=\"ian mckellen\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ian-mckellen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s been more than a month since <strong>Sir Ian McKellen<\/strong> posted an entry on his blog &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckellen.com\/cinema\/hobbit-movie\/blog.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Notes From Imladris<\/a>&#8221; dedicated to his adventures\u00a0filming <em>The Hobbit<\/em>. 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