[RedBloodedAmerican]

What are your thoughts on this? (opens in a new window)

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[Corin Stormhands]

Two thoughts:

1) It's Saruman, not Gandalf

2) Images from theonering.net take a long time to load

[HairOfTheDog]

We saw that little gem a year ago.... and at the time thought that would be Saruman's end. There is a wheel just like that at the foot of Orthanc, visible in the film. One that a wizard could perhaps fall on if they were pushed or fell out of that balcony.

However, the "Wizard-Kabob" photo, as we have named it, has since been half-debunked as a "canary", a deliberate bit of false information to spoil spies. An tursted source was quoted to say "Saruman doesn't die on the spike. It was never planned to be in the final cut. It was a joke."

At this point, I don't know if Saruman will be skewered at his end or not! Maybe! - Since the scouring is not going to be filmed, he has to die somehow!