I’ve been at the junket this morning, and am pleased to report that the abbreviated treatment of Saruman’s fate at movie’s end was not the final word on the wicked wizard. Peter Jackson, the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy director, made it clear that they jumbled a few events around from the book for the sake of film storytelling. Though he was dealt with for good in the second book of the trilogy, we almost certainly will see more of Saruman in the third movie. Same with Shelob, whose appearance concludes Book Two, but who doesn’t appear in Film Two (which makes narrative sense, actually — her debut at the end of Book Two was a publisher’s addition). Also, Jackson said a number of the slow but satisfying scenes he cut to keep the narrative running at a breakneck pace (which mars the movie, I think) will be present on the DVD director’s cut. So Ent fans like me will see more of our arboreal heroes then.