Saruman Completely Cut from 'Return of the King'

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 12, 2003 @11:04AM 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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Re:Key component? by Dr+Caleb · 2003-11-12 11:26 · Score: 0, Redundant

The whole 'Returing to the Shire' bit was the essence of the book! I wonder how bad they'll chop that up for the theatrical version.

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Re:What would they have done with him anyhow? by Spunk · 2003-11-12 11:28 · Score: 0, Redundant

Maybe they just skip the palantir and IM him instead.

Somehow I doubt they had instant messaging technology.