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Warner Bros. has announced caller formed for The Lord of nan Rings: The Hunt for Gollum pinch Jamie Dornan playing Strider, which is an othername utilized by Aragorn and Leo Woodall playing Halvard. Andy Serkis who is directing, will reprise his domiciled of Gollum pinch Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen returning arsenic Frodo and Gandalf. Lee Pace is besides backmost arsenic Thranduil. Deadline antecedently reported that Kate Winslet will beryllium joining nan movie successful nan domiciled of Marigol.
The news came during nan studio’s position astatine CinemaCon successful Las Vegas connected Tuesday afternoon.
A return to New Line’s Middle-earth franchise, based connected nan useful of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hunt for Gollum follows Aragorn’s perilous quest to seizure Gollum earlier nan animal tin uncover nan Ring’s location to Sauron. The story, overmuch of it developed from Tolkien’s footnotes, is group betwixt The Hobbit and The Fellowship of nan Ring.
Gollum//Sméagol sound character Andy Serkis is aboard to direct, pinch Kate Winslet group for nan female lead — a enigma domiciled — arsenic we first reported. Pic will besides spot nan return of Elijah Wood arsenic Frodo Baggins, Ian McKellen arsenic Gandalf and Serkis arsenic Gollum — roles nan 3 person played since Peter Jackson directed them successful 2001’s The Lord of nan Rings: The Fellowship of nan Ring.
Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou penned nan script, pinch Jackson, Boyens, Walsh and Zane Weiner group to produce. The movie is slated for merchandise connected December 17, 2027.
Previous installments successful Jackson’s Lord of nan Rings and Hobbit trilogies person grossed astir $6 cardinal worldwide successful total. The caller movie marks nan first live-action return to Tolkien’s world for Warner Bros. since The Hobbit: The Battle of nan Five Armies, coming connected nan heels of nan 2024 anime The War of nan Rohirrim.
