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• Billy Connolly Rounds out the Hobbit Cast

  10 Feb 2012

  Peter Jackson has completed the star-studded cast of the Hobbit after signing up Billy Connolly to play a dwarf warrior.

  

• Ian McKellen buys 300-year-old pub

  12 Sep 2011

  'Lord of the Rings' actor Sir Ian McKellen is buying a 300-year-old pub in east London, which helped inspire classic English novelist Charles Dickens.

  

• Ian McKellen for Buxom Strumpet zombie movie

  19 May 2011

  Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench and Gillian Anderson have signed up for new zombie movie 'The Curse Of The Buxom Strumpet', which will be directed by Matthew Butler.

  

• Sir Ian McKellen signs up to Hobbit?

  29 Nov 2010

  Sir Ian McKellen now looks likely to appear in 'The Hobbit' following an update of his professional website.

  

• David Yates linked to Hobbit

  15 Jun 2010

  'Harry Potter' director David Yates is being lined up as the replacement for the new director of 'The Hobbit'.

  

• McKellen Speaks out At Australian Gay Rights Rally

  18 May 2010

  SIR IAN McKELLEN attended a gay rights rally in Australia on Sunday 16May10, where he urged government offic...