A couple of weeks ago, we brought you director Peter Jackson‘s first video blog from the New Zealand set of The Hobbit. Jackson’s ten minute video took us into Hobbiton and Rivendell, and showed some very cool, behind-the-scenes footage of costume creation, set construction and a peek at some cast members including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis and Martin Freeman.

Some people had questioned just who was narrating at the very end of the video, in fact Jackson himself wasn’t entirely sure whose voice it was uttering the line “In a hole… in the ground… there lived a Hobbit”. Was it Sir Ian Holm who portrayed Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings films? Watch the video below (all the way to the end to see if you can tell).

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2m2x8qJcGQ[/youtube]

As I said, Jackson wasn’t even sure himself, but he didn’t find out and took to his Facebook page to clear up the confusion, and in the process announced some casting for The Hobbit:

“One comment that came up from the recent video blog was the Bilbo voice at the end—many of you assumed it was Sir Ian Holm. Whilst Ian will be returning as the older Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, that recording was actually Martin Freeman’s voice, taken from a script read through we recorded when the cast first arrived. I have to admit, I wasn’t sure who it was when I first heard it, either. Cheers, Peter J”

As always, we will bring you all the cool stuff on The Hobbit that we can get our hands on, right here on SciFiMafia. I also suggest you also keep an eye on Peter Jackson’s Facebook page for more goodies from the film.

The Hobbit: Part 1 is currently slated to hit theaters December 2012.

The Hobbit: Part 2 is currently slated to hit theaters December 2013.

The films star Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchette, Elijah Wood, Sylvester McCoy, Aidan Turner, Rob Kazinsky, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Ken Stott, Mikael Persbrandt, Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Stephen Hunter and Ian Holm.