Christopher Lee Officially Returning for THE HOBBIT

Movie Peter Jackson Casting The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey about 13 years agoby Joey Paur

It's been confirmed that Christopher Lee will officially reprise his role as Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit! The news come from his official website which say's,

Slowly but surely, Peter Jackson has managed to secure the return of the majority of the major stars from The Lord of the Rings franchise for his soon to be shooting prequel, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Sir. Christopher Lee had been in talks to reprise his role as the wizard Saruman and it now looks certain, providing that he is in good health, that he will be appearing in the movie.

I hope Lee is doing OK health wise.

The studio also recently finalized deals with Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis and Elijah Wood who will all reprise the characters they brought to life in The Lord of the Rings. It's really cool to see a lot of the gang coming back together again.

The first of the two Hobbit will be released in theaters on December 19th 2012!

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