Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu ikhonjiswa okokuqala ngqa iThe Hobbit kodwa kubukeka sengathi sekuyaziwa ukuthi ngubani ozonika impilo le nsizwa. UBilbo bolson, futhi akekho omunye ngaphandle kwabalingisi abasemfashinini, iScotsman James McAvoy osevele enze izindima ezinkulu emafilimini afana nala Inkosi Yokugcina YaseScotland, Ukuhlawulelwa nokuthi yini entsha wayefuna kanye no-Angelina Jolie.
Imininingwane isiyaziwa njengokuthi ngeke kube khona i-trilogy kodwa amafilimu amabili azokhuluma ngezigigaba zale nsizwa. UBilbo bolson, indima engiyidlalile Ngingu Holm en INkosi yezindandatho. UGuillermo del Toro noPeter Jackson Sebevele bexwayise ngokuthi bahlela ukuthi adlale uBilbo ovuthiwe (ngicabanga ukuthi engxenyeni yokugcina yefilimu yesibili), ngaphezu kwabanye abalingisi abalingisa ku-trilogy ye-Lord of the Rings, njengabo. Ian McKellen o Andy Serkis ehlanganisa isidalwa Gollum nabanye like uViggo Mortensen (Aragorn) kanye UCatte blanchett (Galadriel).
