Tobey Maguire to play Bilbo?

Posted on December 16, 2009
Filed Under Actors, Directors, Rumors, Sequel

OK, here we go – rumors and speculations extravaganza! We’re always a bit hesitant to reporting “news” that feels a bit shaky but… Something tells us this might have some truth to it. Anyway, Latino Review posted a little outtake from a brief interview with Tobey Maguire. It goes something like this:

Which director would you like to work with next? Tobey’s answer?
“Guillermo del Toro.”

Know what else Tobey said?
“We may have something here in the near future.”

Aha… Could Peter Parker be playing Bilbo Baggins? Yes, apparently he’s in the early stages of talks between CAA and the producers of the Hobbit film to topline as Bilbo Baggins! But, right now it’s just that – a dialogue taking place between the respective parties. Tobey hasn’t been cast and an offer hasn’t been made.

But wasn’t Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5 supposed to shoot back to back? How would he find the time? But according to a source inside Sony, the films are not shooting back to back. So technically, Tobey is available after shooting Spider-Man 4 which is slated to begin shooting Winter 2010.  The first Hobbit film is slated to start shooting mid-summer 2010.

A star like Tobey Maguire would make sense and provide a comfort zone, because both The Hobbit films are going to be very expensive. And there is now way they are shooting The Hobbit films with a complete unknown playing Bilbo. So sure, the Tobey rumor isn’t that unlikely. The future will tell…

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