The actor confirms to EW that he modeled the wizard after the author of "The Lord of the Rings." Indeed it is! Listening to Tolkien’s voice both shaped McKellen’s depiction of Gandalf, and assured him ...

Sir Ian McKellen, Sylvester Stallone and Danny DeVito will lend their voices to Animal Crackers. Patrick Warburton, Gilbert Gottfried, Raven-Symoné and Harvey Fierstein have also been added to the ...

Above all else, a movie built around a star promises presence, and in Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes that promise is dual: Here’s 100 or so minutes with the great Ian McKellen, for once not casting spells, ...

Why does McKellen’s Gandalf stand so tall, even as other Lord of the Rings adaptations are appearing on screen? Perhaps it’s because the actor channeled Tolkien himself. In a 2013 interview, Jackson ...