As pertains to The Rings of Power, Tolkien would also muse that in going East, the Blue Wizards might stray from their mission to disrupt Sauron's supporters, instead becoming "founders of secret ...

Sir Ian McKellen's wizarding boots may be pretty big to fill, but 'X Men: First Class' actor James McAvoy has admitted that he's desperate to take on the role of Gandalf in the prequel to Peter ...

Hobbit Day 2021 looks 'Lord of the Rings' media, including 1964 'The Hobbit' comics, in which JRR Tolkien disliked the Gandalf portrayal. Skip to main content. Showbiz Cheat Sheet.

Tolkien lifted Gandalf's name directly from Old Norse myth - Gandálfr from the Völuspá, to be precise. Meaning Elf of the wand, Gandálfr's presence is felt in Rings of Power's ...

The appendices state Gandalf took possession of Narya, the elven ring of fire, and Tolkien fans have speculated his threat to the Balrog about being "the wielder of the flame of Anor" might refer to ...

The idea behind this Young Gandalf theory seems to be this ... Based on what author J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in his various Lord of the Rings appendices and certain posthumous releases, ...

Gandalf – better known to his Long Island neighbors as Michael Kaplan, 41 – has been waging a costly, three-year trademark battle against a powerful force: the estate of writer J.R.R. Tolkien.

Gandalf is a divine spirit clothed in a mortal form. In Middle-earth parlance, he’s a creature known as a Maia (plural: Maiar). The Maiar are sort of like demigods, in that they serve a higher ...

Tolkien insisted on Edith’s conversion before they married, and he was a major influence on the decision by C. S. Lewis to convert from atheism to the Church of England, though Tolkien found the ...

In the interview clip, Martin talks about the lasting influence that Tolkien's stories have had on him since he was young, growing up in the projects in New Jersey.He didn't grow up with money to ...