{"id":456582,"date":"2026-02-06T00:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/456582\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:54:09","slug":"ian-mckellen-to-return-as-gandalf-in-new-lord-of-the-rings-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/456582\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McKellen to Return as Gandalf in New Lord of the Rings Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2024\/09\/ian-mckellen-gandalf-the-hunt-for-gollum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">much speculation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/ian-mckellen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ian McKellen<\/a> has confirmed he\u2019ll reprise the role of Gandalf in the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/the-lord-of-the-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Lord of the Rings<\/a> movie,\u00a0The Hunt for Gollum.<\/p>\n<p>As a guest on\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2021\/12\/lord-of-the-rings-cast-rap-colbert-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">natch<\/a>), the actor confirmed they\u2019d start filming in \u201cJuly, which is unfortunate, because it\u2019s winter down there in New Zealand, and I\u2019m not sure I want to be out there in the wind and the rain\u2026 And yes, I put on the pointy hat and the beard and the nose and the eyebrows and the mustache.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4a2R6w8\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get\u00a0The Lord of the Rings Trilogy on 4K UHD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Directed by and starring Andy Serkis (Gollum),\u00a0The Hunt for Gollum is set during the 17-year period between Bilbo leaving the Shire and the formation of The Fellowship of the Ring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNek75wM092\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rumors<\/a> have it Elijah Wood will also reprise his role as Frodo, with Viggo Mortensen expressing interest in returning as Aragorn. It\u2019s due for release on December 17th, 2027.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After much speculation, Ian McKellen has confirmed he\u2019ll reprise the role of Gandalf in the new\u00a0The Lord of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-456582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}