Tsohon soja actor ian mckellen, wanda ya riga ya yi aiki a kan trilogy na "The Lord of the Rings" wasa Gandalf, ya rubuta a kan nasa gidan yanar gizon yana tabbatar da kasancewarsa a cikin fim din. "Hobbit", wanda a ƙarshe Peter Jackson zai jagoranta:
“Ina da shekara 71, ina cikin koshin lafiya. Tsawon shekara guda ko fiye da haka, ina gyara alƙawura na ƙwararru don yuwuwar yin 'The Hobbit'. Mun yi tunanin yana iya kasancewa a New Zealand a farkon 2010, har ma na sadu da Guillermo del Toro don ganin rubutun a ɓangaren farko, amma akwai jinkiri. Tare da Peter Jackson riga a kan helkwatar, na ci gaba da tuntuɓar. Yanzu mun san cewa za mu fara ranar 21 ga Fabrairu a Wellington. "