Sir Ian McKellen: ‘More Rings movies a possibility’

Sir Ian McKellen has suggested that future movies set within the Lord of the Rings universe are a possibility.

Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga draws to a close this month with the cinematic release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but the Gandalf actor believes that further films based on the work of JRR Tolkien aren’t out of the question.

He told the BBC: “I was told by Peter, in 2001, that that was the end, that it was all over. Here we are 13 years later. So I don’t believe necessarily this is the end of the journey.

“Maybe [the movies] endure because they’re not about evil just for evil’s sake, they’re not about frightening and exciting things just to thrill the audience.

“They’re actually about something important. They’re about what it takes to be a good person, really.”

Battle of the Five Armies is the third and final chapter in Jackson’s Hobbit adaptation, and McKellen’s sixth outing as Gandalf to date.

The film is scheduled for release in UK cinemas on 12th December.