On BBC Radio 5, Guillermo del Toro announced that Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen will all reprise their roles from THE LORD OF THE RINGS in his two-part HOBBIT screen adaptation. Weaving played Elrond the elf leader, Serkis played Gollum and McKellen received an Oscar nomination for his performance as wizard Gandalf. The two films are set to be released December 2011 and December 2012.