Ian Holm is in his sixties, I think. If they made the film, it wouldn't be till after King Kong. But a bit of make-up and some good will ... why not? As for the hotties, true, but don't forget Bard the Bowman and as for Orlando Bloom (who might be busy being James Bond by then), why does he have to be Legolas? Why not Thranduil? That way, the teens would get their poster-boy and PJ wouldn't have to upset the book's fans by sticking in a character who wasn't there.
As for other Tolkien-themed movies, I have just seen the first test shot for a student movie of a story from the Silmarillion, a hand holding a leaf with something silvery on it... The girl doing it, one of our Year 12 students, is very gifted. Nobody will ever see it except her friends, her teacher and maybe me, but it will be lovely...
