Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien, from the Lord of the Rings trilogy in The Hobbit, New Line and MGM announced Tuesday.

A number of other casting announcements were also made:

• Ken Stott will play the Dwarf Lord Balin.

• Sylvester McCoy will play the wizard Radagast the Brown.

• Mikael Persbrandt will play Beorn.

• Ryan Gage will play Drogo Baggins.

• Jed Brophy will paly the dwarf Nori.

• William Kircher will play the dwarf Bifur.

These are only the latest in a long string of casting announcements for the two features (see “The Hobbit Casting Continues”).  Still missing is Ian McKellan, who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films.