ʻO Ian McKellenʻo Ianuali ka mea e hoʻokani hou i ka wizard o Gandalf ma ka hoʻoponoponoʻana i ka lōʻihi o ka puke e J.R.R. ʻO ka "Hobbit"ʻo Tolkien. Ua hōʻoia ka hōkeleʻo "Lord of the Rings" i kēiaʻike ma kāna pūnaewele kūikawā, e kākau ana i ka Guardian.
I ka makahiki hope, ua'ōleloʻo Sir Ian e "hauʻoli loa"ʻo ia e pāʻani hou iā Gandalf, akā,ʻaʻole iʻikeʻia inā e panaʻia ka "Hobbit". ʻO ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo Peter Jackson ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i nā hua'ōlelo a pau o "The Lord of the Rings," ua hoʻokumuʻo ia i ka New Line Cinema no ka nui o ka uku no ka hapa mua, a ua pale i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kiʻi "The Hobbit".
I ka malamaʻo Dekemaba 2007, uaʻikeʻia ke komo pū nei ka luna hoʻokumu o New Zealand i ka hana ma ka pāʻani me ka launa pū me New Line Cinema. ʻO Peter Jackson e kamaʻilio ma ka papahana ma keʻano he mea hana mana. ʻO ke alakaʻi ka mea kākau o ka "Devil's Ridge" a me "Labyrinth of the Faun" Guillermo del Toro. ʻO ka "Hobbit" heʻelua mau'āpana, e panaʻia ana i ka manawa hoʻokahi. Ua hoʻolālāʻia ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kuʻi ma ka makahiki 2009, e hoʻokuʻuʻia ka māhele mua i ka 2010,ʻo ka lua - i ka makahiki 2011.
Ma mua,ʻaʻole i kākauʻo McKellen 68 makahiki i kahiʻaelike no ka paʻi kiʻiʻana i ka lepe, akā ua'ōleloʻo ia ua'ōleloʻo Jackson iā iaʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pana i ka "Hobbit" me ka hana muaʻole o Gandalf. ʻO ka hapa mua o ka "Hobbit" e panaʻia e like me ka mahele o ka puke, e hōʻike ana no ka Bilbb Babbins hobbit, ka mea i hele i ke ala no ka waiwai o nā pio i hopuʻia e ka dragon Smog. ʻO ka lua o nā kiʻi e uhi i ka makahiki 80-makahiki ma waena o ka hoʻi lanakila o Baggins a me ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka "Haku o ka Rings". ʻO ka palena kālā o ka papahana he $ 150 miliona.
Ua hanaʻo McKellen i ka hana a Gandalf ma nā māheleʻekolu o ka mele "The Lord of the Rings" - "The Brotherhood of the Ring", "Two Towers" a me "Ke Return of the King." ʻO nā kiʻiʻoniʻoniʻekolu i loaʻa i kahi kūlana o ka pahu kūlana nani. ʻO nā kiʻi kiʻi - no 270 mau lā - i mālamaʻia ma New Zealand, me nā lālaniʻekolu wale nō, ke ukuʻia he $ 300 miliona. "ʻO ka Haku o ka Rings: Return of the King" kohoʻia no Oscar ma nā papa 11 a lanakilaʻo ia i ka hōʻailona ma nā mea a pau.
ʻO kēia kiʻi paʻi ma ka helu o Oscars i loaʻa i nā alakaʻi o mua - nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni "Titanic" a me "Ben-Hur". Ua hāʻawiʻia hoʻi ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni "Golden Globe" a ua kapaʻiaʻo ia ka meaʻoniʻoni maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki e ka Hui o nā Mea Hōʻoniʻoni Nānā o New York. Ua lanakilaʻo kāna hui i ka hoʻokumuʻana o ka American Guild of Screen Actors. Ua hoʻokomoʻia ka mea hoʻokani pila o ka American Film Institute e like me kekahi o nā kiʻi maikaʻi loa o 2003.