Title:                 The Hobbit (and as yet untitled second film)

Director:           Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy II), produced by Peter Jackson.

Starring:            So far only Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are confirmed, but it’s early days yet.

Released:         The first film is pencilled in for some time in 2011…with the second following a year later.

Synopsis:         The prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy tells of a young Bilbo and his encounters with the spiders of Mirkwood, Smaug the Dragon and of course, everybody’s favourite creature feature… Gollum.

Go further:        www.thehobbitblog.com

4-Word Thinking:           We wants it…precious.