Tag: hobbit casting

  • News from Middle Earth: Barry Humphries, Evangeline Lilly, Empire Magazine Cover

    News from Middle Earth: Barry Humphries, Evangeline Lilly, Empire Magazine Cover

    More Hobbity news from my Kiwi friend, Melanie McMinn, who blogs at Frugal Kiwi and is an absolute wizard with DIY projects and back-to-basics living. She sent along a note that Australian actor Barry Humphries, best known for cross-dressing as Dame Edna, will play the CGI-ifized Goblin King, as reported in the New Zealand Herald.…

  • Cate Blanchett Returns to Middle Earth for The Hobbit

    Despite plenty of drama in the development and production of ‘The Hobbit’ – check out my story over at PopEater – the cast and crew continue to forge merrily ahead. The latest person returning to Middle Earth is Cate Blanchett, who played Galadriel in the previous films and whom Frodo encountered on his journey to…

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