The Man with No Time

After "The Dark Knight Rises” , I think that “the Hobbit” was the film that I was looking forward to the most this year. I loved the book as a child the first time I read it, and have a beautifully illustrated version, as well as the Radio 4 audio play from many years ago that I’ve listened too many times. I also really enjoyed Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy (LotR), and was when I found out that he was directing the Hobbit I was very excited. Sadly, my excitement was tempered this year when I  found out that, rather than the two films that were planned (already a stretch), it would be a trilogy. The book is only 300 pages long, around 20% of the length of the Lord of the Rings, so how on middle Earth was he going to get 9 hours of film out of it? Even with the fleshing out of the side-stories that was going to happen? Martin Freeman is  Bilbo Baggins. (Credit: theweek.com)