In *[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)][1]*, when the company arrive to Rivendell, Gandalf is asked to attend to a *surprise* reunion with Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman the White. Saruman then oppose himself to Gandalf's involvement with the Dwarves and his plan to get rid of Smug. Gandalf then expose his concern about the Necromancer, but Saruman is skeptical, not believing the Necromancer to be a true threat and goes on a speech minimizing the danger.

>! But we lean in *The Fellowship of the Ring* that Saruman desire the One Ring and forged a secret alliance with Sauron.

Was Saruman's secret plan settled when he meet Gandalf in Rivendell?


  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/