You, sir, have made my day. I'd hoped he'd play Gimli in the trilogy. :woot:

Being that the book has been split into two movies, I'm guessing that Smaug is in part 2.

Other possibilities are that the Smaug footage isn't ready to be released yet, or they are holding it back to build hype.

By looks of the trailer they're only going to get as far as Mirkwood in the first (And that's assuming my memory of The Hobbit isn't dodgy) so Smaug will most likely be in part 2.

OOOOOOOOHHHHH..... I cant wait now if it's split... I remember seeing Fellowship in the theatre when it came out, you could quickly tell at the end of the movie who had rread the books, and who hadn't.

The did read crowd was awed, but geeking out that parts (Tom in particular) had been left out. The didnt read crowd was in an uproar, people literally yelled out, about how it ended with no warning. :D

I remember the guy I worked with that said "I didn't know it was a trilogy."


Leaving that IN probably would have pissed off more people. And doubled the length of the movie.

Ho, Tom Bombadil!




First read the books in 1969.


I own the extra expanded editions of the DVD, and can't even watch the theatrical versions anymore.

Started LotR in about 1995. Finally finished it last year.

It's amazing how much Tolkien's writing style improved in 15 years.

Especially for a guy who hasn't written anything for at least 38 years. :D

His writing must be like a fine wine and improve with age. Imagine how much better it must be now than when you read it.