The Lord of the Rings is a franchise with many strange details, but none are as strange as the ones about wizards like ...

Throughout Jackson’s trilogy, Saruman the White (Christopher Lee ... antagonist never even got mentioned. Why Did 'The Lord of the Rings' Cut Saruman’s Death? Even over two decades later ...

Shadow and Flame." Those words, spoken by Saruman the White, are the first mention of the demonic Balrog named Durin's Bane in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. And when the ...

Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.

Aragorn, the Elf archer Legolas, and Gimli the Dwarf encounter the besieged Rohan kingdom, whose once great King Theoden has fallen under Saruman's deadly spell.