Sir Ian McKellen, who pretty much made the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies, is threatening not to reprise his role in the upcoming Hobbit movies.

McKellen is as mad as a raging fanboy over reports that Peter Jackson won’t be directing the prequel to the fantasy series.

“I’m very sad as I should have relished revisiting middle Earth with Peter again as team-leader,” he says, according to Contactmusic.com.

“It’s hard to imagine any other director matching his achievement in Tolkien country.”

New Line canned Jackson because his production company, Wingnut Films, is in a legal battle with New Line Cinema over royalties from The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.






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