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So... you know that SUN story about Tobey Maguire as Bilbo? AhembullshitAhem

Hey folks, Harry here... this morning, on my way out the door to see HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, I was glimpsing through mail - and a shit ton of readers from the UK were forwarding masses of email regarding a story in the tabloid, THE SUN, that was stating definitively that Tobey Maguire was cast as Bilbo in Guillermo's upcoming production of THE HOBBIT.

Well... I shot an email off to Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro to see if I could get an official response. The word?

No truth at all, although we're all big fans of Toby. We are currently auditioning for Bilbo, and a month or two away from any announcements.

Cheers

Peter J

Then I got this response from Guillermo:

Its not true, gordito-

G

Yes, Gordito is Guillermo's nickname for me. Though usually he modifies it with rojo. Gordito Rojo, which sounds like a new flavor of fried burrito at Taco Bell. So once again, we bring you the truth. Peter Parker is not Bilbo.

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FOIST!
by OceanWang
Jan 18th, 2010
04:52:43 PM
Blake Lively for Bilbo!!!!!!
by Geronimo Jackson
Jan 18th, 2010
04:53:30 PM
its about time Harry
by Pancho_Villa
Jan 18th, 2010
04:55:59 PM
But Peter Parker is not Peter Parker...
by Kid Idioteque
Jan 18th, 2010
04:57:57 PM
Fuck The Sun!
by anyrandomhero
Jan 18th, 2010
04:59:45 PM
Will Smith IS Bilbo Baggins!!!!
by OceanWang
Jan 18th, 2010
04:59:52 PM
Guillermo's nickname for me is...
by HarryCalder
Jan 18th, 2010
05:02:33 PM
I can only apologise wholeheartedly on behalf of those Brits who
by taxman2001
Jan 18th, 2010
05:02:37 PM
... who sent this story in....
by taxman2001
Jan 18th, 2010
05:03:46 PM
The Scum
by alan_poon
Jan 18th, 2010
05:10:15 PM
What?!
by sullivansmith
Jan 18th, 2010
05:10:58 PM
Harry, was the DVD column canceled?
by Kaiser Soze
Jan 18th, 2010
05:13:07 PM
The Sun is written by assholes for assholes
by MatDGZ
Jan 18th, 2010
05:13:32 PM
"As reported by The Sun" is the UK version of
by sullivansmith
Jan 18th, 2010
05:14:41 PM
Who are the ad wizards...
by wampa 1
Jan 18th, 2010
05:15:40 PM
... and people seriously believe the Sun??
by themagicalhornofguntata
Jan 18th, 2010
05:18:42 PM
The Sun and AICN
by damn_dirty_ape
Jan 18th, 2010
05:20:06 PM
Wow, the SUN is printing bollocks...
by Zahaladeen
Jan 18th, 2010
05:20:38 PM
seems like most of Harry's posts
by itrainmonkeys
Jan 18th, 2010
05:21:09 PM
Well, duh.
by rev_skarekroe
Jan 18th, 2010
05:21:16 PM
Gordon (not so) Smart is a lying asshole
by Wormie1
Jan 18th, 2010
05:21:19 PM
Please don't give this rag anymore space
by alan_poon
Jan 18th, 2010
05:21:48 PM
Megan Fox IS Catwoman...
by Will_PR
Jan 18th, 2010
05:22:53 PM
damn_dirty_ape
by taxman2001
Jan 18th, 2010
05:24:37 PM
Gordito
by damn_dirty_ape
Jan 18th, 2010
05:25:02 PM
seth rogen is bilbo
by rodneyfaile
Jan 18th, 2010
05:32:21 PM
Viva La Gordito Rojo! Aye Aye Aye
by Crow3711
Jan 18th, 2010
05:33:15 PM
I'M FRIENDS WITH GUILLERMO DEL TORO
by tompiltoff
Jan 18th, 2010
05:34:13 PM
another Sun scoop:
by Hercules
Jan 18th, 2010
05:34:43 PM
"It's not true Gordito"
by sansara07
Jan 18th, 2010
05:38:45 PM
Nathan Fillion IS Bilbo
by Battle_Royale_with_cheese
Jan 18th, 2010
05:47:24 PM
Good news...
by JeffreyKatzenkunt
Jan 18th, 2010
05:49:46 PM
Sam Worthington IS Bilbo
by freerangecelt
Jan 18th, 2010
05:50:15 PM
He's got a nickname for me too..
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Jan 18th, 2010
05:51:03 PM
How many times do you have to be told...
by Dolmes
Jan 18th, 2010
05:52:23 PM
Why Not Elijah Wood?
by kferris61
Jan 18th, 2010
05:55:12 PM
...The Sun? Poppy for Bilbo. Or Peta. Just not Keeley...
by FlickaPoo
Jan 18th, 2010
05:55:16 PM
Name and shame
by Pumpkihn
Jan 18th, 2010
05:57:33 PM
Isn't this old news??
by LisaNeedsBraces
Jan 18th, 2010
06:04:29 PM
Stop reporting what The Sun says!
by supertoyslast
Jan 18th, 2010
06:06:16 PM
Again...
by SminkyPinky
Jan 18th, 2010
06:06:55 PM
Zach Galifiwhatshisname
by alan_poon
Jan 18th, 2010
06:11:58 PM
out of it?
by Grisp
Jan 18th, 2010
06:12:42 PM
another suggestion
by Grisp
Jan 18th, 2010
06:13:19 PM
GORDITO.....OUT!
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
Jan 18th, 2010
06:16:01 PM
C'Mon People David Tennant for Bilbo
by OGREISHERE
Jan 18th, 2010
06:17:18 PM
Every few months this site forgets that The Sun
by V'Shael
Jan 18th, 2010
06:18:16 PM
i`ll bet my ass its gonna be sam worthington, right?!;)
by DavidCarradinesAutoEroticRobot
Jan 18th, 2010
06:18:19 PM
Re:Keeley
by HarryCalder
Jan 18th, 2010
06:21:38 PM
i dont want shias jewfro anywhere near 2 this!
by DavidCarradinesAutoEroticRobot
Jan 18th, 2010
06:21:53 PM
GORDITO MEANS....
by AragornElfstone
Jan 18th, 2010
06:23:54 PM
Steve Martin as Gandalf
by Gorgomel
Jan 18th, 2010
06:26:28 PM
Just cast James McAvoy already!
by Logan_1973
Jan 18th, 2010
06:28:23 PM
Pendajo is my nickname for Harry
by Wookie_Weed
Jan 18th, 2010
06:32:26 PM
Tobey gotta eat!
by Triple_J_72
Jan 18th, 2010
06:37:45 PM
My nick name for harry...
by yourSTEPDADDY
Jan 18th, 2010
06:39:54 PM
I agree on James McAvoy
by MattmanReturns
Jan 18th, 2010
06:50:48 PM
Red Fat Boy?
by SithMenace
Jan 18th, 2010
06:52:04 PM
Harry's nickname made me want Taco Bell
by MattmanReturns
Jan 18th, 2010
06:54:46 PM
Harry and Taco Bell
by MacReady452
Jan 18th, 2010
06:55:36 PM
Gordito
by hr1d
Jan 18th, 2010
06:55:54 PM
Tennant or McAvoy both are great choices.
by venvariants
Jan 18th, 2010
06:58:28 PM
Taco Bell close to mexicans?
by MattmanReturns
Jan 18th, 2010
07:01:23 PM
Bilbo as Vulturess
by wampa_droppings
Jan 18th, 2010
07:02:45 PM
Tennant, McAvoy, I agree.
by Dingbatty
Jan 18th, 2010
07:06:08 PM
@wampa_droppings
by Dingbatty
Jan 18th, 2010
07:06:42 PM
Mmmm Gordito means Fattie or little fat boy
by bloodawn5
Jan 18th, 2010
07:10:10 PM
I read that in a Speedy Gonzales voice...
by TheWaqman
Jan 18th, 2010
07:10:36 PM
hahaha@bloodawn5
by TheWaqman
Jan 18th, 2010
07:11:38 PM
How about Rob Pattinson as Spidey?
by Zardoz
Jan 18th, 2010
07:11:59 PM
Wow. I'm so impressed.
by NixEclips
Jan 18th, 2010
07:15:59 PM
anne hathaway as bilboess!
by alice133
Jan 18th, 2010
07:27:20 PM
The sun is usually...
by Jaka
Jan 18th, 2010
07:27:36 PM
Didn't Tobey himself already deny this?
by Bass Ackwards
Jan 18th, 2010
07:29:20 PM
I love how some of the jokes are being missed...
by Jaka
Jan 18th, 2010
07:38:26 PM
McAvoy is still my favorite
by Jaka
Jan 18th, 2010
07:39:19 PM
Harry Is Dildo Bangins
by DarfurOnTheRocks2
Jan 18th, 2010
07:41:04 PM
Harry Is Dildo Bangins
by DarfurOnTheRocks2
Jan 18th, 2010
07:41:07 PM
So that makes the Fat Boys.....
by Jamie McBain
Jan 18th, 2010
07:43:53 PM
McAvoy has been my choice of Bilbo for awhile now...
by RedJester
Jan 18th, 2010
07:44:20 PM
They should cast a complete unknown
by sansara07
Jan 18th, 2010
07:45:41 PM
Uh, Martin Freeman? Matthew MacFadyen? Paul Giamatti?
by Drath
Jan 18th, 2010
07:47:00 PM
Gordito = Little Fat Man
by TheMarineBiologist
Jan 18th, 2010
07:48:17 PM
David Tennant...
by BILLY_BOOMSTICK
Jan 18th, 2010
08:00:05 PM
DANNY DIVITO IS BILBO
by JamesWest
Jan 18th, 2010
08:05:35 PM
Who would play the voice of Smaug?
by RedJester
Jan 18th, 2010
08:06:35 PM
AHNOLD IS BILBO
by JamesWest
Jan 18th, 2010
08:07:14 PM
ROSIE ODONNELL IS BIBLO
by JamesWest
Jan 18th, 2010
08:08:14 PM
James West, Verne Troyer is much more realistic
by RedJester
Jan 18th, 2010
08:10:43 PM
Martin Freeman...
by tomandshell
Jan 18th, 2010
08:11:46 PM
Are you really trying to make the case that...
by RedJester
Jan 18th, 2010
08:14:28 PM
Gordito hahaha
by Dharma4
Jan 18th, 2010
08:18:32 PM
Ok, good!
by Riff_Randell
Jan 18th, 2010
08:25:14 PM
GORDITO - VERY CUTE
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2010
08:30:30 PM
Bilbo! BILBO! bilbo! BAGGINS!
by The_Crimson_King
Jan 18th, 2010
08:38:09 PM
Gary Coleman To Play Bilbo Baggins
by kevinwillis.net
Jan 18th, 2010
08:42:34 PM
Chi McBride To Play Bilbo Baggins
by ChocolateJesusMan
Jan 18th, 2010
08:46:03 PM
"Quite a bit older"
by Kaitain
Jan 18th, 2010
08:49:55 PM
Martin Freeman does seem like a good idea.
by Juggernaut125
Jan 18th, 2010
08:50:24 PM
Gordito means CUTE LITTLE FAT BOY....
by TheWaqman
Jan 18th, 2010
08:57:26 PM
Hell No!!!
by Media Messiah
Jan 18th, 2010
08:57:44 PM
Guillermo's nickname for me is...
by NippleEffect
Jan 18th, 2010
09:00:13 PM
Will Smiff IS Bilbo!
by NippleEffect
Jan 18th, 2010
09:02:58 PM
Spam Jackson IS Gandalf
by NippleEffect
Jan 18th, 2010
09:04:44 PM
LA CHOCHA GRANDE
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2010
09:05:16 PM
JettL93 works for the Sun?
by ebonic_plague
Jan 18th, 2010
09:05:40 PM
TAYLOR LAUTNER IN TALKS FOR SPIDER-MAN
by SuperWelling
Jan 18th, 2010
09:07:24 PM
Fucking shit
by D.Vader
Jan 18th, 2010
09:07:41 PM
do we really needed this posted?
by WhoDis
Jan 18th, 2010
09:09:04 PM
do we really needed this posted?
by WhoDis
Jan 18th, 2010
09:09:06 PM
So Harry has a crispy shell...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 18th, 2010
09:16:03 PM
F*ck Lautner!!! If him or any of his Twilight cohorts
by RedJester
Jan 18th, 2010
09:17:47 PM
If Taylor Lautner gets the Spidey gig...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 18th, 2010
09:18:56 PM
What, THE SUN lies? No way, they're the bastion
by JT Kirk
Jan 18th, 2010
09:23:27 PM
Sounds like the new Spidey movie...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 18th, 2010
09:29:17 PM
@redjester
by SuperWelling
Jan 18th, 2010
09:31:03 PM
@jaylenoTookmyJob .lol
by SuperWelling
Jan 18th, 2010
09:32:19 PM
Spider-Man's been TWILIGHT'd
by WhoDis
Jan 18th, 2010
09:36:29 PM
SuperWelling...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 18th, 2010
09:37:50 PM
SuperWelling=SONY intern
by WhoDis
Jan 18th, 2010
09:38:49 PM
SuperWelling=SONY intern
by WhoDis
Jan 18th, 2010
09:38:52 PM
@whodis Fuck ur mom off
by SuperWelling
Jan 18th, 2010
09:44:39 PM
wouldn't of been a bad choice
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Jan 18th, 2010
09:44:43 PM
@whodis only your mom will be begging raimi to cum!
by SuperWelling
Jan 18th, 2010
09:46:13 PM
@jaylenoTookmyJob .lol
by SuperWelling
Jan 18th, 2010
09:47:18 PM
For the love of Mike...
by Mr Lucas
Jan 18th, 2010
09:49:10 PM
Please please please get an unknown
by MurderMostFowl
Jan 18th, 2010
10:04:20 PM
My nickname for you is Mont Ginger
by BBSloth
Jan 18th, 2010
10:14:43 PM
HOW ABOUT CARROT BIG TOP?
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2010
10:41:50 PM
If they hadn't used Elijah Woods in the LOTR films,
by RedJester
Jan 18th, 2010
10:50:52 PM
Ricky Gervais for Bilbo!!
by antonphd
Jan 18th, 2010
11:08:40 PM
Jet Li IS Bilbo Baggins
by Citizen Sane
Jan 18th, 2010
11:55:07 PM
TAYLOR LAUTNER FOR BILBO!!!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 19th, 2010
12:07:09 AM
EL NINO ROJO
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 19th, 2010
12:10:35 AM
Bilbo Baggins is...
by KubricksBellEnd
Jan 19th, 2010
12:18:36 AM
Remove the posts of SuperWelling
by CaptainBass
Jan 19th, 2010
12:24:25 AM
That Bilbo Baggins Look + Sound
by Barry_Woodward
Jan 19th, 2010
12:33:51 AM
This "news" was out a month ago...
by PRESIDENT BALTAR
Jan 19th, 2010
01:58:28 AM
monique IS bilbo baggins
by lavatory love machine
Jan 19th, 2010
02:04:11 AM
Let's face it Harry might be fat..but cute?
by quantize
Jan 19th, 2010
02:57:12 AM
The Sun
by Samson_K
Jan 19th, 2010
02:58:50 AM
ebonic_plague hahaha
by Player_Two_has_entered_the_gam e
Jan 19th, 2010
03:55:20 AM
I don't know about Bilbo, but.....
by maxgod
Jan 19th, 2010
04:10:55 AM
The Sun is for people who can't read.
by Damien Chowder
Jan 19th, 2010
04:27:35 AM
It would be like casting
by Drsambeckett1984
Jan 19th, 2010
04:42:47 AM
Wouldn't wipe my arse with the Sun!
by Gabba-UK
Jan 19th, 2010
05:03:06 AM
Ron Pearlman has to be Smaug
by Drsambeckett1984
Jan 19th, 2010
05:05:47 AM
And as for ignoring The Sun
by Drsambeckett1984
Jan 19th, 2010
05:06:46 AM
I wouldn,t use the Sun newspaper to wipe my arse with!
by drunkenmonkey73
Jan 19th, 2010
06:38:16 AM
@captainBass your'r an ASS
by SuperWelling
Jan 19th, 2010
06:47:58 AM
Good, i was kind of pissed
by Xian042
Jan 19th, 2010
07:49:21 AM
how many times is AICN gonna try to "confirm" SUN stories?
by RedHorseVector
Jan 19th, 2010
07:49:55 AM
Ian McShane + Smaug
by smddoc
Jan 19th, 2010
09:16:54 AM
But that shot of him giving a pissy face
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
09:17:12 AM
And Peter Dinklidge as one of the Dwarfs
by smddoc
Jan 19th, 2010
09:18:52 AM
Paul Giamatti: the perfect Bilbo
by smddoc
Jan 19th, 2010
09:27:49 AM
Ha ha ha!
by Grrrr....
Jan 19th, 2010
10:16:53 AM
All "FOIST" posters must die.
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
10:48:19 AM
All AICN haters can FUCK OFF...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
10:58:11 AM
cue everyone slagging off the sun...
by JAMF
Jan 19th, 2010
11:06:21 AM
Maxgod: What do I think of Brian Blessed as Thorin?
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
11:15:28 AM
OGREISHERE: Tennant is great...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
11:27:33 AM
SKYWAY MOATERS:
by PRESIDENT BALTAR
Jan 19th, 2010
11:28:29 AM
PS:
by PRESIDENT BALTAR
Jan 19th, 2010
11:31:20 AM
Erm, AragornElfstone...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
11:36:46 AM
No Grisp...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
11:42:36 AM
Martin Freeman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Salchucks
Jan 19th, 2010
11:52:03 AM
Tim Curry for the voice of Smaug!!!
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
11:59:27 AM
tomandshell Drath and others: Martin Freeman...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
12:14:14 PM
What do I think of Skyway Moaters in ANYTHING?
by Hooded Justice
Jan 19th, 2010
12:14:33 PM
...and did I mention PLANTS?
by Hooded Justice
Jan 19th, 2010
12:17:13 PM
Erm, "EXCELLENT"...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
12:21:00 PM
SexyBack: You are an idiot...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
12:27:36 PM
Hobbit age
by Hooded Justice
Jan 19th, 2010
12:28:49 PM
"Terefore" is hobbitspeak for "therefore"
by Hooded Justice
Jan 19th, 2010
12:29:36 PM
LOL Ebonic!
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
12:31:48 PM
BALTAR: You aren't worth replying to...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
12:48:20 PM
The Sun:
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 19th, 2010
12:51:56 PM
Dinklage can't play a dwarf in Hobbit!
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 19th, 2010
12:54:30 PM
You are also an idiot HoodedJustice...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
12:54:53 PM
AND..
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
01:06:21 PM
Ian Holm in some looking younger makeup
by Hervoyel
Jan 19th, 2010
01:08:08 PM
Never believe anything you read in the papers
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
01:13:29 PM
JayLenoTookMyJob: Tolkien Dwarves do not...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
01:16:29 PM
Hervoyel: The role of Bilbo Baggins is far too...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
01:25:41 PM
LOTR "miscast"...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
02:21:26 PM
Oh, and AICN haters? Go fuck yourselves...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
03:04:06 PM
Tom Baker or Sylvester McCoy
by HornOrSilk
Jan 19th, 2010
03:22:51 PM
Who quit who?
by cynicusprime
Jan 19th, 2010
03:43:39 PM
Er, Skyway Moaters?
by Hooded Justice
Jan 19th, 2010
04:22:24 PM
YES TAYLOR LAUTNER UP FOR SPIDEY!!
by SuperWelling
Jan 19th, 2010
04:54:30 PM
Digital De-Aging
by Darkplanet
Jan 19th, 2010
05:18:52 PM
the only possible miscast in LOTR
by MurderMostFowl
Jan 19th, 2010
05:22:49 PM
Jack Black IS Gordito in "The Gordito Rojo Story"!
by MrMysteryGuest
Jan 19th, 2010
05:23:57 PM
Holy shit, why didn't I think of Ian McShane as Smog sooner?
by RedJester
Jan 19th, 2010
06:11:29 PM
I called the Lautner as Spidey thing a week ago
by SithMenace
Jan 19th, 2010
06:41:53 PM
Hooded Justice: Moron says...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 19th, 2010
07:03:21 PM
@sithmenace!lol BREAKING MARC WEBB SINGED TO SPIDER_MAN FOR 3PI
by SuperWelling
Jan 19th, 2010
07:19:05 PM
I called weta 2 weeks ago
by cornponious
Jan 19th, 2010
07:56:57 PM
How come there wasn't any release-coverage of Lovely Bones?
by Tall_Boy66
Jan 19th, 2010
08:40:14 PM
Tall_Boy66 releases of non embargoed movies on AICN
by MurderMostFowl
Jan 19th, 2010
10:31:25 PM
@murdermostfowl, hervoyal & darkplanet
by terrynation
Jan 19th, 2010
11:24:22 PM
The Hobbit: Lord of the Rings Reboot with Origin Story
by HornOrSilk
Jan 20th, 2010
03:25:13 AM
Tobey???
by SunTzu77
Jan 20th, 2010
04:39:08 AM
Disappointed, Skyway, disappointed...
by Hooded Justice
Jan 20th, 2010
07:39:17 AM
Ah yes HJ the "law of diminishing returns"...
by Skyway Moaters
Jan 20th, 2010
09:38:09 AM
Nah, you're just refusing to open your mouth...
by Hooded Justice
Jan 20th, 2010
09:56:48 AM
Christopher Biggins
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Jan 20th, 2010
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Feb 11th, 2010
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