Martin Freeman, Armitage, Serkis (and other OBASCs) officially confirmed for The Hobbit

[soophelia]

Warner Bros. just released the following press release, confirming Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and revealing a slew of other actors:

Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Rob Kazinsky, Aidan Turner, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Stephen Hunter, Mark Hadlow and Peter Hambleton have joined the ensemble cast of the The Hobbit, it was jointly announced

Comments

[keladry_lupin]

I was hoping for Bill Bailey to be in there somewhere, because I'd read he wanted the part of Gloin, but everything else (especially Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage) outweighs that disappointment.

[moxielegal]

*excitement squee*

[mozartfan1313]

Great news about Andy Serkis returning. No one else can play Gollum. Here's hoping Ian McKellan will be back as well. And yay for Richard Armitage!

[tamanth]

O: Exciting!

But does that mean no Holmes? I'd imagine filming The Hobbit will take a lot of time...