According to Ian McKellen’s, who is returning as Gandalf, official website:
“The Hobbit’s”, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in June. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth.”
Guillermo del Toro will direct the two highly-anticipated films.
