| I will be dissapointed if I don't see Legolas. Not sure how old Gimli is, but I guess he could turn up at the final battle also.
If they are trying to expand it, they can put in the bit where the white council oust sauron from his castle in mirkwood. After that he flees to mordor where the ringwraiths have everything set up for him (I think).
It's stupid if they don't use the same bilbo actor, bilbo is supposed to be ~50 anyway. | 