Udokotela u-Ian McKellen uzophinde adlale iwijethi ye-Gandalf ekushintsheni okulinde isikhathi eside seveli noJR.R. I-Tolkien "I-Hobbit." Inkanyezi ye "Lord of the Rings" iqinisekisile lolu lwazi kwi-website yakhe esemthethweni, kubhala i-Guardian.
Ngonyaka odlule, uSiran Ian uthe uzoba "ujabule kakhulu" ukudlala futhi uGandalf, kodwa kwakungaziwa ukuthi ngabe "Hobbit" ngeke idutshulwa nhlobo. Iqiniso liwukuthi umqondisi uPeter Jackson, owadala yonke uchungechunge lwe-trilogy ethi "INkosi Yezintambo," waxoxela i-studio entsha ye-New Line Cinema ngenxa yobukhulu bemali engxenyeni yokuqala, okuvimbela ukuqala kokuqopha "I-Hobbit".
NgoDisemba 2007, kwaziwa ukuthi umqondisi waseNew Zealand usabambe iqhaza emisebenzini yefilimu ngokubambisana ne-studio yefilimu i-New Line Cinema. UPeter Jackson uzokhuluma kule phrojekthi njengomkhiqizi ophezulu. Umqondisi umlobi we "uDeveli's Ridge" ne "Labyrinth ye-Faun" uGuillermo del Toro. "Hobbit" izoba nezingxenye ezimbili, okumele zidubule kanyekanye. Kuhlelwe ukuthi ukudubula kuzoqala ngo-2009, ingxenye yokuqala izokhishwa ngo-2010, okwesibili - ngo-2011.
Ngokusemthethweni, uMcKellen oneminyaka engu-68 ubudala akakakaze angene ngemvume inkontileka yokuqopha kule tape, kodwa wathi uJackson wamtshela ukuthi akakwazi ukudubula "Hobbit" ngaphandle komdlali wokuqala we-Gandalf. Ingxenye yokuqala ye "Hobbit" izodutshulwa ngokusho kwesigcawu sencwadi, esilandela nge-hobbit uBilbo Baggins, owahamba ngomkhumbi wezinto ezibonakalayo ezithathwe nguDrako Smog. Ifilimu yesibili izohlanganisa iminyaka engu-80 emkhatsini wokubuya kwe-Baggins nokuqalwa kwe "Lord of the Rings". Isabelomali sephrojekthi sizoba ngu-$ 150 million.
UMcKellen wenza indima yeGandalf kuzo zonke izingxenye ezintathu ze-trilogy ethi "INkosi Yezindandatho" - "Ubuzalwane Bendandatho", "Amabili Ngayo" nokuthi "Ukubuya KweNkosi." Wonke amafilimu amathathu ayenempumelelo enkulu yebhokisi lebhokisi. Ukucubungula - izinsuku ezingu-270 - kwenziwa eNew Zealand, ngezingqikithi ezintathu kuphela ezibiza u-$ 300 million. "Nkosi yezintambo: Ukubuya kweNkosi" kwaphakanyiswa i-Oscar ngezigaba ezingu-11 futhi yathola umklomelo kubo bonke.
Le filimu ngenani lama-Oscars wathola abaholi abadlule - amafilimu "Titanic" no "Ben-Hur". Le filimu nayo yanikezwa i- "Golden Globe" futhi yabizwa ngokuthi ifilimu engcono kakhulu yonyaka yi-Association of Film Critics yaseNew York. Iqoqo lakhe le-actor liwine umklomelo we-American Guild of Screen Actors. I-American Film Institute yayihlanganisa ne-tape njengomunye wamafilimu amahle kakhulu ka-2003.