Warner Bros. has introduced that the subsequent live-action Lord of The Rings film to be launched in 2026 will by titled The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum, and will probably be directed by Andy Serkis, who will even star within the movie.
The undertaking is presently in early improvement with authentic The Lord of the Rings trilogy filmmaker Peter Jackson and his companions Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens producing.
The script is being written by Walsh and Boyens, together with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou, and can “discover storylines but to be instructed.” This specific movie will clearly give attention to Gollum.
I assume this would be the story the place Sauron’s forces are unleashed to search out and seize Gollum for info on the One Ring. Gollum is tortured in Mordor’s dungeons mercilessly, till, underneath duress, he instructed Sauron’s servants that the Ring was held by “Baggins” in a spot referred to as the “Shire.”
Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy had brokered a deal to make “a number of” movies based mostly set in Center Earth they usually stated in a press release: “For over 20 years, moviegoers have embraced the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie trilogy due to the plain devotion Peter, Fran and Philippa have proven in direction of defending the legacy of Tolkien’s works, and to make sure audiences might expertise the unbelievable world he created in a means that honors his literary imaginative and prescient.
They added: “We’re honored they’ve agreed to be our companions on these two new movies. With Andy coming aboard to direct Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, we proceed an essential dedication to excellence that could be a true hallmark of how all of us wish to enterprise forward and additional contribute to the Lord of the Rings cinematic historical past.”
Jackson, Walsh and Boyens shared: “It’s an honour and a privilege to journey again to Center-earth with our good pal and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished enterprise with that Stinker — Gollum!
“As life lengthy followers of Professor Tolkien’s huge mythology, we’re proud to be working with Mike De Luca, Pam Abdy and the whole group at Warner Bros. on one other epic journey!”
Serkis stated: “Yesssss, Valuable. The time has come as soon as extra to enterprise into the unknown with my pricey associates, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Center Earth Peter, Fran and Philippa. With Mike and Pam, and the Warner Bros group on the hunt as properly, alongside WETA and our filmmaking household in New Zealand, it’s simply all too scrumptious…”
Whereas Serkis is nice as Gollum, I’m probably not impressed along with his directing. The movies he’s made, akin to Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, aren’t actually that good. Perhaps Jackson will have the ability to assist him and information him as he directs this subsequent Lord of the Rings film.
The movie will even be govt produced by Ken Kamins, with Serkis and The Imaginarium’s Jonathan Cavendish.
What do you concentrate on Andy Serkis directing and starring within the subsequent live-action Lord of the Rings film?
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