Wormtongue stabbed Saruman to death in both book and movie, but in the movie, Saruman also fell from Orthanc to be impaled on a spiked wheel in one of The Lord of the Rings' most epic scenes.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy introduces viewers to several powerful fantasy characters, and these are the ones who are the mightiest.

Elven archer Legolas shoots up and arrow from below and hits Wormtongue, killing him. Saruman, teetering from his wound, falls off his tower, only to impale himself on one of his spike-ridden ...

While Wormtongue might not seem like the most powerful of followers, he was wholly devoted to Saruman and had almost completely managed to poison Theoden’s mind.

Even though Wormtongue killed Saruman and his actions were, in part, out of unrequited love for King Théoden's adopted daughter, Éowyn, that wasn't enough to redeem his traitorous behavior.

As far as moviegoers are concerned, Saruman and Wormtongue are locked up in the tower of Orthanc, being guarded by Treebeard, and that’s the end of that.

J.R.R. Tolkien argued the Scouring of the Shire, a battle at Hobbiton with Saruman, was key to his books. But Peter Jackson left the ending out of his movie trilogy. Here’s why he did, but why ...

On Dec. 18, 2002, Peter Jackson unveiled the middle chapter of his Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers. The film went on to nab six Oscar nominations at the 75th Academy Awards. The ...