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Gandalf is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is a wizard , one of the Istari order, and the leader of the Company of the Ring . Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarves" ( Dvergatal ) in the Völuspá .
The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy of epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.The films are titled identically to the three volumes of the novel: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003).
Wizards like Gandalf were immortal Maiar, but took the form of Men.. The Wizards or Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction were powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the physical form and some of the limitations of Men to intervene in the affairs of Middle-earth in the Third Age, after catastrophically violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the ...
McKellen told the September edition of The Big Issue that he's had conversations about returning to play Gandalf in "The Hunt for Gollum.". The 85-year-old actor played the iconic wizard in the ...
The working title is currently “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.” The films’ original director, Peter Jackson, will produce the movie alongside his longtime producing partners ...
Ian McKellen in 'Lord of the Rings' McKellen admitted that he didn't know much about the new Warner Bros. movie, but that the script is "not written yet," according to what he's heard. "So they ...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Sir Ian McKellen has said he will return to the Lord of the Rings franchise if his health permits him.. The actor, who played Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s blockbuster JRR Tolkien adaptations ...