Elijah Wood and Ian Holm made cameo appearances, reprising their roles for Frodo Baggins (Wood) and an old Bilbo respectively. Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, and Cate Blanchett reprised their roles as Gandalf (McKellen), Elrond (Weaving), Saruman, and Galadriel for the trilogy. Later that same year, Richard Armitage was cast to play Thorin Oakenshield. In October 2010, Martin Freeman was cast as a younger version of Bilbo Baggins. However, in early 2014, There and Back Again was renamed with The Battle of the Five Armies. The films were titled An Unexpected Journey, Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again. He originally intended on having The Hobbit as a two parter movie, but decided to do a trilogy instead of a prequel and a sequel.
However, he left in middle of production and Peter Jackson took over. After the films' series release, del Toro talked of doing it himself. At the time The Lord of the Rings was released, The Hobbit was intended to be one full movie with the other two being on THe Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King, but the idea was dropped and only Lord of the Rings was allowed. Peter Jackson talked about doing The Hobbit, but he declined from ever doing hte project.
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