July 1999 NEW LINE officially announced Elijah Wood (The Faculty, Flipper) has signed on to play the leading role of Frodo Baggins on July 8th, and immediately followed the news with word that Sean Astin would portray Samwise Gamgee. http://www.realmagic.org/lotr/press070799.html

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