Tolkien Gollum and Smeagol are the two existing personalities ... The franchise started with novels from J. R. R. Tolkien before being adapted onto the big screen by Peter Jackson in one of ...
This time period is mentioned in both Tolkien's novels and Jackson's films, with Gandalf and Aragorn attempting to track Gollum down before he falls ... manage to capture Smeagol ("he bit me ...