More exciting news from Middle-Earth: long time character actor Ian Holm will be reprising his role as Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming Peter Jackson film The Hobbit. While obviously Martin Freeman has the main role, Holm will show up as the older version of Bilbo as was the case in Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
It's unclear how much screen time or how exactly the 79 year old British actor will be used in the film. My guess is that he'll be used at the beginning of the film maybe in a flashback situation and then again at the end of the film. Since Elijah Wood will also be making a brief appearance, I suspect the two will show up in a few scenes, namely the ones where Frodo comes to live at Bag End.
As much as I love Ian Holm and am happy to have him back in the fold, I sincerely hope that his role is limited. After all this is Martin Freeman's film and I'd hate to see it overshadowed by Holm's reappearance. In any event it's nice to see that Jackson is getting the band back together. Here's hoping that Viggo Mortensen makes a brief cameo as Aragorn.
**Sidenote: This really hasn't gotten a lot of play and kind of slipped through the cracks, but Hugo Weaving (who will play Red Skull in this summer's The First Avenger: Captain America) will also be returning as Elrond.
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