Ian McKellen has read The Hobbit!
totalfilm.com 30 days ago — Hobbit watchers, prepare to be jealous of Ian McKellen. For he has read the script for the first film. Yes, the pages that have finally been delivered by Guillermo del Toro, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson and Philipa Boyens, are circulating to those already committed to the movie. And, one ...

Exclusive: Ian McKellen on The Hobbit
rottentomatoes.com 9/24/2009 — Sir Ian McKellen is spending the week at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, where he was last night presented with a special Donostia Award in recognition of his career as an actor. RT was in town to catch the presentation, and earlier in the ...

Ian McKellen Talks 'The Hobbit'
heyuguys.co.uk 9/24/2009 — Rotton Tomatoes have had a chat with Ian McKellen at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. He reveals that he's very much looking forward to playing Galdalf again in the Hobbit. " Grey Gandalf is my favorite," he said. "Peter Jackson's too, we always preferred Gandalf the Grey. ...

Ian McKellen “couldn’t be happier” with The Hobbit script
filmonic.com 28 days ago — Over the past few months we’ve been following the progress of The Hobbit script rather intensely. We got updates from Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro during the writing process, then Ian McKellen said he would receive his copy of the first draft in September, and now two months on ...

Ian McKellen Gives Report On Hobbit Casting and Other Progress
slashfilm.com 8/24/2009 — Last night saw a special marathon screening of the extended editions of all three Lord of the Rings films at London’s BFI IMAX cinema, which is where where I caught the Avatar Day footage as it happens. I wasn’t present for the Rings ...

Ian McKellen Talks Hobbits And Mutants
filmshaft.com 10/14/2009 — …But not to us unfortunately! Sir Ian McKellen , Master of Magnetism and member of The Council of Elrond spoke to the lucky folks at Empire recently about the roles pertaining to my two geeky references – Magneto and Gandalf (the Grey). First talking about The Hobbit , ...

McKellen talks ‘Hobbit’ on UK’s Paul O’Grady Show
theonering.net 10/14/2009 — A few reports are coming in from Ringers who tuned into the UK’s Channel 4 Paul O’Grady Show. Sir Ian McKellen was a special guest today, and confirmed a few things: He has received ‘both’ scripts. Original LOTR cast members ...

Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis confirmed for 'The Hobbit'
byeshane.blogspot.com 6/12/2009 — Now this is exciting. Director Guillermo del Toro was a guest on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio Show yesterday (via FirstShowing ), and he confirmed that three actors from The Lord of the Rings ( Hugo Weaving , Ian McKellen , and Andy Serkis ) will return in The Hobbit , in their respective roles ...

Ian McKellen Talks Returning As Gandalf The Grey
cinemablend.com 9/25/2009 — He always liked the dingier one better.

McKellen enrolls in 'Academy'
variety.com 11/2/2009 — Actor to star in half-hour mockumentary series Ian McKellen is going back to drama school, for television. The thesp has signed to star in a half-hour mockumentary series, "The Academy," that is being shopped to U.K. and U.S. buyers by DLT ...