Ian McKellen

Marvel announced multiple X-Men actors are in the film for the first time.

“They better be quick,” McKellen said of the upcoming sequel.

With the news that Peter Jackson is producing new ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies, could Gandalf make a return to Middle-earth?

And it was his birthday!

These actors look a lot different with facial hair.

OMG the cats are so weirdly small.

Taylor Swift, Sir Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson, and James Cordon will play magical singing ‘Cats’ in the movie musical adaptation. Yes, this is real.

Amazon spent ungodly amounts of money for a Lord of the Rings TV series, and they’ve barely sketched it out. The prequel drama likely wouldn’t connect to Peter Jackson’s films, but Sir Ian McKellen says Amazon has another thing coming if they recast Gandalf.

Ian McKellen is one of the most esteemed board-treaders alive, a thespian who has consistently and successfully balanced work on the stage with appearances before the camera. At 77, he’s had the chance to assay some of history’s great Shakespearean roles, portraying everyone from Macbeth to Coriolanus to Richard III. And today brings the news that a new project will allow him to blend his passions for the proscenium and the closed set in a revisiting of a signature role that McKellen last tackled way back in 1971.

Hearts broke across the world for Harry Potter fans when Richard Harris died in 2002. Warner Bros. was only two movies deep into the eight-film franchise and they’d already lost the perfect Dumbledore. The British actor embodied J.K. Rowling’s beloved character in every way, from his patient and wise demeanor to his half-moon spectacles and long white beard. Then Michael Gambon took over as the Hogwarts headmaster and infamously displeased many fans. (For the record, I still loved Gambon’s Dumbledore so there’s a hot take for ya.) But what if the man behind another iconic wizard had taken over for Harris instead?