In The Hobbit films, Sir Christopher Lee’s Saruman acts suspiciously whenever Sauron is brought up. Yet when the time comes, he helps thwart him too, leaving us confused about his allegiance ...

There’s an understandable reason that Galadriel and Saruman appear in the Hobbit movies, despite their absence in J.R.R. Tolkien’s book.

What is interesting about Saruman in The Hobbit is that he is not yet fully evil, nor under the power of Sauron yet, instead acting as an unknown quantity who can help and hinder equally.

In "The Fellowship of the Ring," Christopher Lee (search) appeared as the traitorous elder wizard Saruman (search), whose snowy white beard and robe hid his black-hearted intentions for Middle-earth.

Erdogan is Saruman the traitor, ... Originally, Gollum was known as Sméagol, a Hobbit just like Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. But he became corrupted by the One Ring when he, ...

Saruman had learned that the Ring had fallen into the possession of the hobbit, and he wanted Gandalf to help him get it. Gandalf reports Saruman’s pitch as follows. David Frum: The Republican ...