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	<title>Rope of Silicon &#187; Ian McKellen</title>
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		<title>First Look at Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Freeman in The Hobbit Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment Weekly has debuted the first photos from The Hobbit to feature Martin Freeman as the film&#039;s lead character Bilbo Baggins and to little surprise it looks just like a return to Middle Earth. They&#039;re story comes with a quote from Peter Jackson, speaking of Freeman saying, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wachowskis, Tykwer and Hanks Team for &#039;Cloud Atlas&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s been three years since we&#039;ve seen a film from Andy and Lana Wachowski, but it seems the drought is about to come to an end as the filmed adaptation of David Mitchell&#039;s &#034;Cloud Atlas&#034; we&#039;ve been hearing about for quite some time is finally taking shape. Deadline reports Tom Hanks is now officially attached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Orlando Bloom Return as Legolas for &#039;The Hobbit&#039;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deadline reports Orlando Bloom is likely to be the next original cast member to return to Middle Earth for The Hobbit following yesterday&#039;s announcement Cate Blanchett would reprise her role as Galadriel. Bloom starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy as the elven archer Legolas and Deadline&#039;s Mike Fleming reports he&#039;s hearing Bloom&#039;s role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Several &#039;Hobbit&#039; Updates: McKellen Aboard, Shooting with Red Epic and Racism Accusations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Jackson A series of small news bits concerning Peter Jackson&#039;s The Hobbit hit the web over the past 24 hours and I figured I&#039;d give you a large rundown beginning with an update from actor Ian McKellen&#039;s website confirming the actor&#039;s return to Middle Earth as Gandalf. The information says filming will take over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Breaking Dawn&#039; Directors, &#039;Hobbit&#039; Start Date, &#039;Smurfs&#039; Casting and Elder Reitman Directs Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Van Sant, Coppola and Condon as Breaking Dawn Director Contenders: A bit of two day old news here, but yesterday I neglected to report Gus Van Sant (Milk), Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) and Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) have all been reportedly approached by Summit to gauge interest in directing The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hobbit&#039; Finds Hugo, Andy and Ian; Plus Some Smaug-y Details</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Serkis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Weaving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I last read J.R.R. Tolkien&#039;s &#034;The Hobbit&#034; about six or seven years ago and to be honest I can hardly fit the details together if at all. So, when director Guillermo del Toro starts talking about sub-plots I am entirely lost, but I am sure some of you may be a little more familiar with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uh, Guillermo, Aragorn Wasn&#039;t In &#039;The Hobbit&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With every other movie site under the sun picking up on the latest Variety story in which Michael Fleming reports that Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum) have all been contacted with regard to appearing in Guillermo del Toro&#039;s The Hobbit it made me a little nervous. The three are referred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ian McKellen Offers Updates on &#039;The Hobbit&#039; and &#039;Golden Compass&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian McKellen is definitely one of those actors there is no comparison for. I am sure many of you will say Michael Gambon is in the same realm, but I must say that had Gambon been cast as either Gandalf or as the voice of the ice bear Iorek Byrnison in The Golden Compass both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKellen to Voice &#039;Stardust&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/mckellen_to_voice_stardust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian McKellen is set to join the cast of Matthew Vaughn&#039;s Stardust as&#8230; drum-roll please&#8230; THE NARRATOR!!! Yeah, talk about news you can use. I am sure plenty of your friends and family members will be excited to hear this news. I kid of course, but the news is slow and it is something to [...]]]></description>
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