Sherlock star, Benedict Cumberbatch, is set to play Smaug the dragon in the up and coming two-part adaptation of JRR Tolkein’s The Hobbit.
It was revealed by Deadline that he will play the dragon using motion capture, the same technique used to create Gollum, played by Andy Serkis, in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Cumberbatch was already confirmed as the voice of another character, Necromancer, in the film.
The two part epic, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is in fact the prequel to The Lord of the Rings, and shares the same director, Peter Jackson.
There will also be some familiar faces from the Rings films including, Elijah Wood (Frodo) Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) and Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
Opposite Cumberbatch will be Clash of the Titans and Tamara Drew star, Luke Evans who will play Bard the Grim, who singlehandedly takes on Smaug.
Cumberbatch will also join his Sherlock co-star Martin Freeman as lead character Bilbo Baggins.
The Hobbit Part 1 is due to hit cinemas in December 2012 and The Hobbit Part 2 a year later in December 2013.
Can we expect more of the same from Peter Jackson? How will Benedict Cumberbatch fair up as Smaug?
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