Depends what he's doing, I suppose. Though he doesn't seem like someone who, having gone on to better things, artistically speaking, would decline to return to the role that made his name.

Maybe they could let Stuart Townsend finally get his shot at the role. Hehe.

After the job he did on Dorian Gray, he should never be allowed to act again.

I'm not sure how I feel about the Hobbit being made.. Part of me is hoping that Christopher Tolkien does put a stop to it, the other part of me wants to see what they'll be coming up with.. Still, Aragorn is NOT in the Hobbit and what the heck are they going to do in the other two movies?

It's just one other movie, which they're hoping to use as a bridge between the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, so they can use characters from the trilogy, such as Aragorn, who live long lives and would be around in the 60 years that separate the two stories. There's plenty of material for them to expand upon and I've great faith in Jackson, Walsh, Boyens and Del Toro.

To all of you Lord of the Rings fans, reports are surfacing that the new prequel movie they are working on, The Hobbit, might have found its star.

Said to take the lead role of hobbit Bilbo Baggins is Scottish actor James McAvoy.

The J.R.R. Tolkien novel is hoping to be the next blockbuster big hit and will be directed by Guillermo del Toro.

The film is scheduled to begin filming later this year in New Zealand.

Also returning to the prequel will be Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf.

In regards to choosing the main lead, an inside source says, “A number of names have been doing the rounds, including Daniel Radcliffe and Jack Black, but James [McAvoy] is the one the film's bosses really want. They're expected to have talks soon so hopefully it could be confirmed in the not too distant future."

As for director del Toro, he adds, “I can tell you it's down to a few names that we all agree upon. For our first choice, completely magically we all have the same name."

We’d prefer to have seen Daniel Radcliffe, but we doubt they’d pay him as much as he’d probably ask for.

What do you think about casting James????

Treat this with a pinch of salt, until it is confirmed, but there is a rumour going around at the moment that this has been pushed back to 2012.

I don't think a tall, lanky bloke would really translate well to being a Hobbit regardless of the actor, the look and physique doesn't suit. As much as I adore Tennant I just can't see him as Bilbo, then again it'll be hard for me to see anyone but Ian Holm as Bilbo now.

Wolverine is short in the comics but that doesn't really matter in the film, they were not trying to make Jackman appear shorter than he is, they just disregarded Wolverines comic book height and cast who they wanted. Scale does matter, however, for The Hobbit so it'd make more sense to have actors who are shorter like they did in LOTR with the Hobbits to make life a bit easier. Yeah John Rhys Davies is a beast of a man and they made it work with him as Gimli but alot more of his scenes were shot with his scale double than the other actors.

You are right tough, if they wanted a specific actor in the role they would make it work no doubt but Tennant is just a 'no' for me