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McKellan talks The Hobbit and X-Men Origins: Magneto

SFX found this 1/9/2009 on scifiwire.com

Ian McKellan told reporters that he was to dine with The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro on Thursday to discuss reprising his Lord of the Rings role of Gandalf the wizard in the prequel, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book. "I'm having supper with Guillermo del Toro this evening," McKellan said in a group interview on Jan. 8 in Universal City, Calif. "You're asking me about 12 hours too early." Preproduction on The Hobbit is underway. "I've been promised I am [going to be involved]," ...