of all the places to cut the books down, bombadil was the obvious selection. it's a fun read, but would have had casual audiences saying WTF?
to me, jackson has earned the right to make any LOTR related film for the rest of his life. so he better be doing the Hobbit.
no way they can do the Hobbit without McKellan. McKellan IS gandalf. as for Bilbo, they don't need Holm. they can go with someone younger.
but bring back Weaving, too. also, it'll be awesome to see smaug on screen.
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