Here’s a fun, nerdy fact about Lord of the Rings: In Old Norse, Gandalf translates to “staff elf.” J.R.R. Tolkien based the name of his wise, old wizard on the word Gandálfr, a combination of the ...

Gandalf receives one of the Elves' three Rings of Power in The Lord of the Rings, but as the wizards' leader, why wasn't it given to Saruman?

Since 2019, she has been a film and television critic, lending sharp cultural context and relentless fangirl enthusiasm to everything from the MCU and Indian cinema to The Rings of Power, Bridgerton, ...

In Peter Jackson's 2002 adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gandalf the Grey returns as Gandalf the White.