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Andy Serkis Announces Marathon Reading of ‘The Hobbit’ for COVID-19 Relief

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Actor and filmmaker Andy Serkis will read all of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit during a livestream Friday, May 8th, to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.

The marathon event — which Serkis has fittingly dubbed “a Hobbitathon” — will kick off at 10 a.m. in the U.K. (5 a.m. EST and 2 a.m.

PST) and is expected to last at least 12 hours. Serkis has set up a GoFundMe for the reading and hopes to raise £100,000 (about $123,000) for two U.K.

organizations, Best Beginnings and NHS Charities Together. Should the fundraiser reach its goal, Serkis suggested “there may be a special surprise later in our journey.” A link to the livestream will be posted on the GoFundMe page and Serkis’ social media channels. “From an unexpected party to the last

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