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.