Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum received’t be “simply the fourth movie within the [original] trilogy” of Lord of the Rings films.
Earlier this month, Warner Bros. introduced that Andy Serkis is directing a brand-new Lord of the Rings film titled Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. The movie might be written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Phoebe Gittins, and Arty Papageorgiou, whereas Peter Jackson will oversee the venture
Talking with Deadline, Boyens, Serkis, and Jackson mentioned what their imaginative and prescient for Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum could entail.
“There’s no person else you may consider who is aware of what goes into that character and we all know what he brings to it and brings to the entire world of Center-earth,” Boyens mentioned. “Andy goes to have a extremely attention-grabbing take. It’s going to be his personal take, as a result of what we don’t need this movie to be is simply the fourth movie within the trilogy. This movie has to work in its personal means. And that’s our job. That’s what we’re going to have to have the ability to do. I do know there’s loads of folks on the market who might be like, oh no, why are they doing this? Why are they going again in? Effectively, that’s our job, to show why we expect that it’s a good suggestion.”
The Hunt for Gollum might function some fan-favorite Lord of the Rings characters
Serkis didn’t reveal whether or not or not every other characters from the unique Lord of the Rings trilogy of The Hobbit will return for the brand new movie; nonetheless, he isn’t ruling out the chance, both.
“We’re actually within the nascent phases of what it’s precisely the place we’re doing, and the place the story’s going to take us,” he mentioned. “So I don’t need to commit something proper now. I imply, as a result of it’s so uncooked and so uncooked and wriggling, and we’re simply actually having very early state script discussions and concepts of precisely the place and the way we’re going to drop anchor with the character and his journey and the way he’s or comes into contact with different characters, and the characters that we all know and don’t know. So nonetheless, I’d hate to say something that’s going to commit us at this level, as a result of it’s actually all up for grabs.”
Jackson, in the meantime, mentioned The Hunt for Gollum will discover the character in a means the unique trilogy didn’t have time to cowl.
“The Gollum/Sméagol character has all the time fascinated me as a result of Gollum displays the worst of human nature, while his Sméagol facet is, arguably, fairly sympathetic,” Jackson mentioned. “I feel he connects with readers and movie audiences alike, as a result of there’s a bit of little bit of each of them in all of us. We actually need to discover his backstory and delve into these elements of his journey we didn’t have time to cowl within the earlier movies. It’s too quickly to know who will cross his path, however suffice to say we’ll take our lead from Professor Tolkien.”
Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum might be launched in 2026.
