Actor Ian McKellen adzayambanso kuseĊµera wizara wa Gandalf mu kusintha kwake kwakukulu kwa buku la J.R.R. Tolkien ndi "Hobbit." Nyenyezi ya "Lord of the Rings" inatsimikizira mfundoyi pa webusaiti yake yapamwamba, analemba The Guardian.
Chaka chatha, Sir Ian adanena kuti adzakhala "wokondwa" kusewera kachiwiri Gandalf, koma sanadziwe ngati "Hobbit" idzawomberedwa konse. Chowonadi ndi chakuti mtsogoleri Peter Jackson, yemwe adayambitsa mndandanda wa trilogy "Lord of the Rings," adamutsutsa studio New Line Cinema chifukwa kukula kwa msonkho kwa gawo loyamba, zomwe zinaletsa kuyamba filimu "The Hobbit".
Mu December 2007, adadziwika kuti mtsogoleri wa New Zealand adakalibe nawo ntchito pa filimuyo pogwirizana ndi filimuyi ya New Line Cinema. Peter Jackson adzalankhula mu polojekitiyi ngati wolemba wamkulu. Mtsogoleriyo ndi mlembi wa "Devil's Ridge" ndi "Labyrinth ya Faun" Guillermo del Toro. "Hobbit" idzakhala ndi magawo awiri, omwe akuyenera kuwombera panthawi imodzi. Zimakonzekera kuti kuwombera kumeneku kuyambike mu 2009, gawo loyamba lidzatulutsidwa mu 2010, lachiwiri - mu 2011.
McKellen, yemwe ali ndi zaka 68, sanasinthe mgwirizano wa kujambula pa tepi, koma adati Jackson adamuuza kuti sangathe kuwombera "Hobbit" popanda wolemba Gandalf. Gawo loyamba la "Hobbit" lidzawomberedwa molingana ndi chiwembu cha bukhuli, lomwe limanenera za Bilbo Baggins, yemwe adayenda paulendo wa chuma cha aang'ono omwe anagwidwa ndi chinjoka. Filimu yachiwiri idzafotokoza zaka 80 pakati pa kubwerera kwa Baggins ndi chiyambi cha "Lord of the Rings". Ndondomeko ya polojekitiyi idzakhala pafupifupi madola 150 miliyoni.
McKellen anachita mbali ya Gandalf mu magawo atatu a trilogy "Ambuye wa Mapindu" - "Abale of the Ring", "Towers Two" ndi "Kubwerera kwa Mfumu." Mafilimu onse atatuwa anali ndi malo abwino kwambiri ofesi ya bokosi. Kujambula - kwa masiku 270 - kunachitikira ku New Zealand, ndi mitu itatu yokha, yomwe inagula madola 300 miliyoni. "Ambuye wa mphete: Kubwerera kwa Mfumu" adasankhidwa kukhala Oscar m'magulu 11 ndipo adapindula mphoto yonse.
Firimuyi ndi chiwerengero cha Oscars omwe analandira ofanana ndi atsogoleri oyambirira - mafilimu "Titanic" ndi "Ben-Hur". Firimuyi inaperekedwanso "Golden Globe" ndipo idatchulidwa kuti filimu yabwino kwambiri ya chaka ndi Association of Film Critics ku New York. Wojambula ake adapambana mphoto ya American Guild of Screen Actors. The American Film Institute inaphatikizapo tepi ngati imodzi mwa mafilimu opambana a 2003.