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‘The Hobbit’ Cast in the News

Posted by on March 26, 2014 at 3:53 pm

The Hobbit actors have been making the news this week. Let’s see what they’ve been up to.

 

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Benedict Cumberbatch

It’s been confirmed that Benedict Cumberbatch (Smaug) will play Hamlet at The Barbican Theatre in London for 15 weeks of the summer of 2015. Anyone who saw him in Frankenstein at The National Theatre in 2011 knows what a treat it will be to have Ben back on the stage. The official announcement will come with The Barbican Artistic Programme for 2015-16.

 

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Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman’s film Svengali in which he plays Don, a record shop owner with a penchant for snazzy shirts, is now on general release in the UK. Martin can next be seen on US TV in Fargo, which will premiere on FX 15 April.

 

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Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage (Thorin) has been in the news on a couple of counts. There was a first look at his tornado disaster film Into the Storm at CinemaCon earlier this week. The CinemaCon preview is on Thursday and Richard is confirmed as attending.  In other news, a photo of Richard on the set of his new film Urban and the Shed Crew was posted on facebook. The photo confirmed his involvement with the film in which he’s cast as Chop, an ex-social worker. You can keep up to date with news of Richard with Richard Armitage Net.

 

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Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner (Kili) began filming in Cornwall for the BBC TV series Poldark this week, ahead of the main shoot in April. Aidan plays the lead, Ross Poldark, in this new adaptation of the Winston Graham saga. Our reporter Evie Bowman will keep you up to date with the news on Poldarked.

 

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Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis will make his directorial debut with Warner Brothers live-action film The Jungle Book. Andy was, of course, second unit director for The Hobbit.

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Author: Evie was introduced to Tolkien's work by her boyfriend, over a beer in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. She went home, read the books and, a while later, married her boyfriend. She has only recently discovered fandom, after years of eye-rolling by her husband and children, and is delighted to find it warm and welcoming and not-at-all weird. As well as tracking down bits of news and sharing them with others, she leads ponies for Riding for the Disabled and loves the cinema and theatre and her wildlife garden.