Dec 15 2009Tobey Maguire: Hobbit?
Ut-oh, is Spider-Man going to be playing Hobbit-Man? Perhaps! Latino Review says:
Tobey Maguire was having a conversation and was asked which director he would like to work with next? Tobey’s answer?“Guillermo del Toro”
Know what else Tobey said?
"We may have something here in the near future.”
I checked with agency sources and yep, it’s true!
Apparently, we’re in the early stages of talks between CAA and the producers of the Hobbit film for Tobey to topline the film as Bilbo Baggins!
Tobey hasn’t been cast and an offer hasn’t been made. It’s just talks.
Hmm, I'm pretty ambivalent about the idea of Maguire as Bilbo. And in times of Bilbo indecision, there's only one, definitive source of Bilbo information to turn to...
I still don't know if Maguire would be good, but at least now I'm so bewildered that I don't care.
Reader Comments
1. Erica - December 15, 2009 3:59 PM
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
2. mike - December 15, 2009 4:19 PM
bad
3. Nopers - December 15, 2009 4:50 PM
Is this real life???
4. god bless the '70s!!! - December 15, 2009 6:43 PM
A magic ring he found!
(for those who can't tell, his button says "who is Spock?")
5. eddy - December 15, 2009 7:28 PM
Oh god I knew it was under the cut and I looked anyway. NOOOOOOO~.
6. water dispenser - December 15, 2009 9:50 PM
Thank for sharing,I like it
7. waka - December 16, 2009 1:13 AM
Do not associate his only performances with Spider Man, not that it was bad, he has done other things. I think he would be just as capable as Elijah was for Frodo.
8. tsholl - December 16, 2009 7:10 AM
PLEASE NO!!
however, the idea of Tom Waits as a singing dwarf in the movie keeps me warm at night.
also, whiskey.
9. small hysterectomy - December 16, 2009 6:20 PM
Tom Waits is like whiskey but whiskey that swallowed a handful of bees and decided it was going to sing for all of us.
10. frank - December 17, 2009 12:08 AM
PFFFF HAHAHAHA. This is so utterly ridiculous. At least now I can drop any and all hopes for the Hobbit, and just enjoy the silliness.
11. Happy - December 19, 2009 1:35 PM
I'm excited. I've always confused Tobey and Elijah, since they were I saw Elijah in North and then Tobey in Pleasantville years later. Now they are characters that are related.. Ah ha ha!! And everyone thought I was crazy.. Ah ha ha ha!1!!!!!!