Kusekho ngaphezulu kweminyaka emithathu yepremiere yeThe Hobbit kodwa kubonakala ngathi sele isaziwa ngubani oza kunika ubomi lo mfana. UBilbo bolson, kwaye asinguye omnye ngaphandle komnye wabadlali abasefashonini, iScotsman UJames McAvoy osele enze indima enkulu kwiifilim ezifana UKumkani wokugqibela waseSkotlani, iNtlawulelo nento ekufuneka ikhululwe wayefuna kunye no-Angelina Jolie.
Iinkcukacha sele zaziwa, ezinje ngokuba akusayi kubakho trilogy kodwa iifilimu ezimbini ezixela ukuvela komfana. UBilbo bolson, indima endiyidlalileyo NdinguHolm en INkosi yamakhonkco. UGuillermo del Toro kunye noPeter Jackson Sele belumkisile ukuba baceba ukuba adlale uBilbo oqolileyo (ndicinga ukuba kwinxalenye yokugqibela yefilimu yesibini), ukongeza kwabanye abadlali abadlala kwi-trilogy ye-Lord of the Rings, njenge. Ian McKellen o UAndy Serkis ebandakanya isidalwa Gollum kunye nabanye abafana Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) kunye ICatte blanchett (Galadriel).
