After Gandalf ensured that Bilbo returned home to the Shire safely near the end of The Hobbit, he continued to keep a close ...

Gandalf understands the wisdom in having a Hobbit around, even if it can be exasperating sometimes. He says as much when he assesses Pippin after the encounter with the palantir.

Peter Jackson’s much anticipated The Hobbit hits theaters today. Resident Tolkien-ite Anna Klassen compares the film to the original novel, revealing 19 differences between the Tolkien classic ...

Ian McKellen has signed on to return as wizard Gandalf in The Hobbit, the two-pic adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel being directed by Peter Jackson.. The dealmaking on Hobbit for a slew of ...

It’s hard to even fathom the idea of Peter Jackson making The Hobbit without Ian McKellen. Beyond the fact that Gandalf plays an incredibly important role in J.R.R. Tolkien’s first novel ...

"Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter," says Ian McKellen, not all that seriously, on the phone from his London home. McKellen, of course ...

Ian McKellen as Gandalf in 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'; J.R.R. Tolkien in his study at Merton College, Oxford. Warner Bros./courtesy Everett; Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton ...

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is to direct the "Hobbit" films, which lead up to Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The new movies are to be released in 2010 and 2011, the BBC said.

Ian McKellen is returning to Middle Earth. The 71-year-old actor will reprise his role as Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s two-part blockbuster “The Hobbit.” McKellen confirmed his cast… ...

At 11 a.m. sharp tomorrow, “The Hobbit” fans from all over the world are invited to raise a buttered scone to Bilbo Baggins in a global hobbit second breakfast that coincides with the 75th ...

Actor Ian McKellen returns to Middle-earth this weekend in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," as the 7,000-year-old wizard Gandalf the Grey -- the role he has played since Peter Jackson first ...

Ian McKellen Almost Didn’t Return as Gandalf in ‘The Hobbit’ The actor tells THR that the familiar role "wasn't particularly challenging," but he realized: "How many millions of people are ...