Hobbit casting news - Bard, Smaug and the Necromancer

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/06/16/45198-deadline-com-report-luke-evans-cast-as-bard/

Deadline.com Report: Luke Evans cast as Bard

June 16th, 2011 by newsfrombree | Source: Deadline.com | Discuss | 1 Comment and 0 Reactions

News is just hitting via Deadline.com that Luke Evans has been cast as Bard in the upcoming The Hobbit movies [...]



AND THEN THIS!!! (Not on TORn yet, but it's from the same source so should be reliable.)

(Cannot provide the link for now since LJ is being an absolute ARSE and won't let me post this entry with the link in it GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!) Here's the link via TORn:

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/06/17/45214-deadline-com-exclusive-benedict-cumberbatch-voicing-smaug-and-the-necromancer/

♥Benedict Cumberbatch To Voice Smaug in 'The Hobbit'♥
By MIKE FLEMING | Thursday June 16, 2011 @ 7:58pm EDT

EXCLUSIVE: After reporting today that Luke Evans will play Bard in the Peter Jackson-directed The Hobbit and wondering who'll voice the dragon Smaug, Deadline can now tell you that it will be Benedict Cumberbatch. He'll portray Smaug via motion capture. He is already on the picture, providing the voice of the character Necromancer. ( Rest of the article behind the cut because it's mostly a list of Benedict's recent and upcoming projects. )

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! Awesome! *bounce bounce bounce* And he's doing Smaug AND the Necromancer!!! I hope PJ will post something about these casting decisions on his Facebook soon!