The role of Gandalf is the same (it is the same wizard). Also the actor playing Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings" and the "Hobbit" is supposed to be the same person - actor Sir Ian McKellen.
There were multiple books that were adapted into movies in the year 2012. These include J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
2012: The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Gravity, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Not yet, but it is coming. It is actually going to be two movies. The Hobbit is currently scheduled for release December 2011, with its sequel following in December 2012.
There have been a lot of movies released in 2012. Some of the best ones that have been released are Life of Pi, Lincoln, Argo, Les Miserables and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Top 100 movies of 2012 include: The dark knight Rises, The Avengers, Hunger Games, Skyfall, The Hobbit and Twilight Saga. Further information can also be obtained at: boxofficemojo and imdb
It's split into 2 movies, actually. The first one will come out in December 2011 and the second one will be out in December 2012.
The hobbit comes out on December 19th 2012.
Galadriel appears in the first installment of The Hobbit movie but she does not appear in the Hobbit book. She appears in the movie when Gandalf, the dwarves and Bilbo visits Rivendell in order to seek the counsel of Lord Elrond.
ONNCast - 2012 Denny's Hobbit 1-16 was released on: USA: 15 December 2012
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The HobbitThe Fellowship of the Ring, Book IThe Fellowship of the Ring, Book IIThe Two Towers, Book IThe Two Towers, Book IIThe Return of the King, Book IThe Return of the King, Book IIThe Silmarillion is another book that Tolkien also set in Middle-earth thousands of years before the first of the Hobbit books, but it is a history of the Elves and does not concern itself with Hobbits (except briefly in its final chapter where it reviews the events of the end of the Third Age from the point of view of the Elves, which differs slightly from the point of view of the Hobbits).
Renegade Cut - 2012 Killing Gandalf 2-30 was released on: USA: 14 October 2013