Actor Dominic Monaghan, who played Meriadoc Brandybuck in the The Lord of the Rings films, spoke with MTV about the upcoming two Hobbit films while doing publicity for his new movie I Sell the Dead, which premiered today at the Sundance Film Festival. Interestingly, he talked about some possible cast returns to his hobbit role, since the creative team behind The Hobbit (mostly the same from The Lord of the Rings trilogy), would be interested in bringing back the four actors Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Sean Astin (Sam Gamgee), and Billy Boyd (Peregrin Tuc) to their roles. According to Dominic, he’s eager to come back.

What’s this all about? Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin are nowhere in The Hobbit book. In fact, they’re not even born during Bilbo Baggins’ adventures with the dragons. Could it be one of the first clues about the plot of the second Hobbit film? Let’s recall that it’s generally considered the bridge between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which may include some of the original cast such as Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum). However, director Guillermo del Toro has been absolutely silent about the concrete details of the second film.

We’ll bring you the updates to this information as soon as possible. In the meantime, what do you think about a possible return of the 4 beloved hobbits?

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