According to Variety, director Guillermo del Toro said that he would like to cast the actors from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy to play the three characters appearing in The Hobbit.
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum) have been asked to join the cast. McKellen and Serkis have already expressed their willingness to be part of the new project.
Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who worked on the trilogy’s screenplay, are currently writing the screenplays for the next two films under the supervision of del Toro and Peter Jackson.
Viggo Mortensen is now filming the drama The Road with Charlize Theron. The film is set to be released on November 26.