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Saruman Completely Cut from 'Return of the King'

Posted by timothy on from the still-ticked-at-trilogy-ticket-snafu dept.

Dolemite_the_Wiz writes "Multiple News Sources report that Christopher Lee's Character Saruman will not appear in the LOTR: ROTK at all. From what I've been reading, the scenes total seven minutes and is a vital component of the whole storyline that the 'masses' should see in the theatrical cut of ROTK. Of course these scenes will be included in the DVD 'Special Edition' of ROTK. I've got tremendous faith in Peter Jackson's talents as a filmmaker. I've been a fan since his first movie but haven't read the LOTR trilogy books...yet. (I'm waiting for ROTK to hit the theaters) Given the fact that I haven't read the books but am a huge movie snob, how can you not have any sort of resolution of a character that has played a key component in the three movies? Articles on this story can be found at BBC, Christopher Lee Web, and theonering.net."

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  1. Key component? by freeweed · · Score: 5, Funny

    how can you not have any sort of resolution of a character that has played a key component in the three movies?

    I'd say he was only been a key compnent in two movies, now :)

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  2. Given the fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That you haven't read Lord of the Rings, I demand you get off Slashdot now. Next you'll be saying "Star Trek? What's that?"

  3. Sources by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 5, Funny
    Multiple News Sources report that Christopher Lee's Character Saurman will not appear in the LOTR: ROTK at all.
    Would one of these "multiple sources" be the latest movie leak on Kazaa? :^)
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  4. His action figure didn't sell well... by Denver_80203 · · Score: 5, Funny

    bummer

  5. Oh, I thought you said Sauron by raider_red · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I first read the headline, my dislexia kicked in and I thought they said that Sauron had been cut from the third movie. My first thought was that he was being replaced by a little white rabbit with very sharp teeth.

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  6. I'm a pleb I guess by eamonman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh well, I'm going to be a little pleb and buy the Super-Hyper-Extended-Platinum-Zero-Limited Edition LOTR 15 Disc Box Set when it comes out and pay whatever they want me to pay. Sure, you could buy all the other versions and little parts of the whole, but I think it's best if you just wait and get everything in one massive, matching box set that injures your mailman.

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  7. You haven't heard the worst of it yet... by ayjay29 · · Score: 5, Funny


    I'm not too worried about Saruman being cut, it's the addition of this character that scares me.

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  8. Re:Maybe this is because . . . by Blue+Master · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought Microsoft had prior art on that one...

  9. Re:Jackson will likely pull it off by banzai75 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Think about it - do you believe more or fewer people are reading the books now that the first 2 films are out?

    I stopped reading after the elves never showed up at Helm's Deep. Who is the Tolkien guy and how dare he mess with a Peter Jackson classic film?