Hobbit dwarves to chug syrup?

Friday brought with it the delightful news that Supertroopers 2 is progressing right meow (wow, that joke does not work as well on paper) and that Brian Cox is confirmed to return. Well, the actor may be a LITTLE busy between now and then (see that emphasis on "little," that's called foreshadowing, bitches). Turns out that a spy for Aint It Cool (why don't I have any spies...there's something good to get me for Christmas! My own industry insider) has it on good authority that Cox is in consideration for the role of one of the dwarfs in The Hobbit. Given the fact that John Rhys Davies is not likely to re-dwarf it up in a different role, I couldn't think of a scruffier Scotsman to shrink down to fightin' size. It's sort of like playing live-action Shrinky Dinks, only with the villain from the second X-Men movie. We should be getting dangerously close to the announcements of casting, giving the fast-approaching early 2010 start date for the film. I don't know if we'll really learn a lot from discovering who's gettin' Middle Earth on our asses, as when the first films were announced nobody went "Sweet Lord! I can't believe we got Sean Astin! He's gonna rule!" Part of what makes the movies great is that the actors didn't distract from the characters; hell, we STILL primarily think of those actors in those roles (except Viggo Mortensen, who I'll always think of as the dude who showed little Viggo in Eastern Promises). If Cox is officially announced soon, it will be a sign that they are still committed to finding the right people, not the biggest-named actors.