Saruman returns in Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, but don’t expect to see Gandalf – he’s name-dropped towards the end of the movie, and there’s a good reason why he doesn’t appear.
Having established itself as a deserving inhabitant of the Rings universe – the jerks of combining anime with frenetic action apart – The War of the Rohirrim does manage to overstay its welcome. At ...