doubleofive said:
I haven't read The Hobbit in a few years, but aren't there several instances where Gandalf wanders off and the book stays with Bilbo. Who says that the movie won't follow Gandalf having a sidequest or two while intercutting with Biblo's adventure.
That'll be the weird part. Will we intercut from some epic battle of Wizards and Orcs and Gollud-Dor and the Necromancer... and then back to Bilbo in a barrell?
I'm very curious what the plan is.