{"id":44236,"date":"2011-05-10T20:26:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T01:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=44236"},"modified":"2011-05-10T21:09:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T02:09:07","slug":"freeman-goes-on-hobbit-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/05\/10\/44236-freeman-goes-on-hobbit-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeman Goes on Hobbit Hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-40831\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/11\/29\/40830-bbc-martin-freeman-already-fitted-for-hobbit-make-up\/_50197846_010469737-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-40831 no-lazyload\" title=\"Martin Freeman\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/50197846_010469737-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Ian McKellen blogs that Martin Freeman, who stars as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, has gone on hiatus in order to fulfill his previous commitment to shoot three more Sherlock telefilms. 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