We recently blogged about Sean Astin, the actor who played the hobbit Samwise Gamgee, so since we're in the topic of hobbits already, we'd like to talk about Sherlock Holmes.
If you're scratching your heads trying to understand the similarity between the master of deduction and the master of the hairy feet, then let me explain. In the upcoming, highly anticipated Peter Jackson flick, "The Hobbit", scheduled to be released on December 2012, Martin Freeman will be playing the main hobbit. We will also be catching Benedict Cumberbatch in this Tolkien film, but only if our ears are sharp enough. He will be lending his voice to two characters on the film - Smaug the dragon, and the Necromancer.
Still don't understand the correlation? Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman play Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (in that order) in the latest BBC hit TV series simply called "Sherlock", which is a very engrossing look at this wonder detective working his magic (or science as he calls it) of deduction in modern times. Yep, you read it right. Sherlock Holmes sending text messages, using his phone to browse through the Internet - quite a fascinating sight to behold isn't it? And while it is set in a completely different era, the characterizations of both the major characters are so spot on that Freeman even bagged a BAFTA for it.
So there you have it. The correlation between Sherlock and the Hobbit. Are you guys excited to see Sherlock and Dr. Watson in the movie? I know I am. I'm a tad disappointed we won't get to actually see Benedict in the film, but it will be interesting to have Freeman and Cumberbatch work together again.
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