In "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, a notable deviation from the book is that Gandalf summons Gwaihir to Orthanc with the aid of a passing moth, rather than the Wizard Radagast, who was not included in the film. The same moth also appears to him before the Eagles arrive at the Battle of the Morannon, and a similar sequences of events (though with a different moth) is played out in Jackson's first installment of "The Hobbit". According to fantasy artist Larry Dixon, the digitally animated eagles in the trilogy were based on a stuffed golden eagle he had offered to Weta Workshop for use in the project.