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LONDON — Ian McKellen again will take up the robes of Gandalf the wizard in the cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic “The Hobbit,” a British film magazine reported Wednesday. But McKellen’s publicist warned that final arrangements were yet to be made.
Empire magazine’s website quoted McKellen, 68, as saying, “Obviously, it’s not a part that you turn down. I loved playing Gandalf.”
“The Hobbit,” featuring events that take place before “Lord of the Rings,” is being produced by Peter Jackson, director of the “Rings” movies, and is likely to be filmed in his country of New Zealand next year. The Associated Press
