Tom Waits up for role in 'The Hobbit?'

Tom Waits is rumoured to be involved in the forthcoming film adaptation of The Hobbit.

According to Total Film, the singer-songwriter could play the voice of Smaug - the dragon Bilbo Baggins faces off with at the climax of the classic tale.

Other potential roles for Waits include Beorn, a dwarf who turns into a bear or Thorin Oakenshield, the dwarf leader.

Last seen in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus as the Devil, Waits can next be found co-starring with Denzel Washington in The Book Of Eli.