Dan Roth
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 10:23am
At long last, some Big Willie style comes to Middle Earth.
Gandalf stories
Trent Moore
Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 9:41am
Though director Peter Jackson took his time ramping up the action in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we still didn't get much insight into why Gandalf is right in the middle of this Dwarf mission. Turns out, those scenes were there to start with—but got bumped in the editing room.
Trent Moore
Friday, December 21, 2012 - 3:01pm
After expanding The Hobbit from two films to a full trilogy, you'd think there wouldn't be much left for Peter Jackson to cut out for extended versions. Turns out he still shot too much, and a scene left on the cutting room floor was among Sir Ian McKellen's (Gandalf) favorites from the first installment. So what was it?
Scott Edelman
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 3:25pm
Image of the Day: Why Gandalf didn't use those giant eagles in LOTR
Trent Moore
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 11:45am
When it comes to sci-fi and fantasy films, the legendary actor Sir Ian McKellen doesn't own just one career-defining role—he's notched two in the past decade. So who does he think would win if X-Men's Magneto and Lord of the Rings' Gandalf faced off?
Matthew Jackson
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 4:55pm
We've known for years that Sean Connery was offered the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, but turned the role down because he didn't understand the story. What we didn't know until now was that Connery could have earned big, big money for the role, money that puts the earnings of many stars half his age to shame.
Trent Moore
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 10:17am
Though he might be best known to the general public as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, the great actor Ian McKellen is a classically trained thespian—and not a huge fan of working on CGI-heavy sci-fi and fantasy films. Turns out, he got so upset filming a FX scene for The Hobbit that he broke down in tears.
Dan Roth
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 3:15pm
The Hobbit is so close to coming out that, basically, every day is a new opportunity for Peter Jackson and co. to give us another taste of what's in store. This time, we get a voiceover from Gandalf, some dwarf shenanigans, and Bilbo facing off against none other than Gollum himself.
Matthew Jackson
Monday, October 29, 2012 - 3:50pm
It shouldn't be surprising that we now have a holiday devoted to the celebration of cats. It also shouldn't be surprising that geeky cat people all over this great land love mashing up their love of felines with their love of all things sci-fi. So to celebrate the festive feline occasion, we've gathered up nearly two dozen sci-fi cats from around the 'net.
Matthew Jackson
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 1:49pm
Though Bilbo Baggins and his band of new dwarf friends seem to be having most of the fun in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, it's important to remember that there are other major characters afoot. And what they lack in fun, they make up for in power. The magical White Council takes center stage in the latest gorgeous poster for Peter Jackson's epic.
