Billy Connolly joins The Hobbit

There are still many months of physical production to go on Peter Jackson’s two films of The Hobbit and thus, that means there’s still time to add a name or two to the sizeable cast.

The latest addition? Billy Connolly, who is set to play Thorin’s cousin, Dain Ironfoot, in the movies. Described as “a great dwarf warrior”, Peter Jackson has said of Connolly’s casting that with it, “the cast of The Hobbit is now complete”. Best abandon our audition tape, then. Bah.

The first of The Hobbit movies, An Unexpected Journey, will be in cinemas from December 14th 2012.