In a total win for anyone who grew up with a Legolas poster on their bedroom wall (representative), we get more The Lord of the Rings the action of the film. Give us green and moving.
With new details announced at CinemaCon on Tuesday, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will hit cinemas in 2027, with some of the original cast from Peter Jackson’s adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s books returning to their iconic roles. However, there are also new faces playing beloved characters.
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So what The Hunt for Gollum about? And who plays Aragorn, who isn’t Viggo Mortensen? Here’s everything we know about the movie — we need it.
What The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum about?
You are precious.
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TL;DR – The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum it stays on the timeline in between The Hobbit again The Lord of the Ringsnear the beginning of Engagement Ring.
Andy Serkis, the actor who defined the plot, the tragic character Gollum/Sméagol on screen in Jackson’s Oscar-winning. The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he plays his role in The Hunt for Gollumthe film he also directed.
In a win for the fans, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, three of them took part in the show. The Lord of the Rings again The Hobbit trilogies, they produce – the group is back together. Boyeens and Walsh wrote the screenplay with The Lord of the Rings: War of the RohirrimPhoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou.
From Tolkien’s books and Jackson’s films, we know that Sméagol was a hobbit who loved the One Ring that saw him kill his friend Déagol for it, flee to the Misty Mountain, and transform into the creature Gollum, tormented by his loyalty to “precious.” The Hunt for Gollum occurs at the beginning of the events of Engagement Ringso we’re talking about Season Three, but it’s unclear where things will go (a leak suggests “a shadowy period between Bilbo’s birthday disappearance and the formation of the Fellowship”).
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Unless you are educated Engagement Ring and Tolkien’s appendices, the only thing most of us know Gollum was doing at this time was being tortured in Mordor for information about the whereabouts of the One Ring (“Shire, Baggins”) but what happened in between, Frodo leaving the Shire, being chased by the Ringwraiths, meeting Aragorn, going to Rivendell, and the Gal’s Mines in Mollowship being noticed?
Ian McKellen (back as Gandalf, people!) narrated The Times“The script is designed to appeal to people who are interested The Lord of the Rings…It’s an adventure story, with Aragorn trying to find Gollum and Gandalf on side missions.” Meanwhile, Tolkien fan site TheOneRing.net (via the Guardian) posted a leak that suggests, “we meet a young Sméagol…long before the One Ring devoured him…With the Ring lost and taken by Bilbo himself to seek out. Gandalf the Gray asks Aragorn, still called the ranger Strider, to track down this unknown being and the ring that may lead to the Dark Lord Sauron.”
Who is involved The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum?
They went baaaaack.
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Announced by Warner Bros. and New Line at CinemaCon on April 14, the cast of The Hunt for Gollum features original trilogy favorites and newcomers in iconic roles.
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It’s coming back
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Andy Serkis – Gollum/Sméagol
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Sir Ian McKellen – Gandalf
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Elijah Wood – Frodo Baggins
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Lee Pace – Thranduil
Serkis will reprise his role as the titular Gollum/Sméagol, but he’s not alone. Elijah Wood will return to his hairy feet as Frodo Baggins, the hobbit who took the One Ring all the way to Mordor and (thanks to his farmer, Samwise Gamgee) destroyed it despite a lot of emo and ennui. The legendary Sir Ian McKellen will return as Gandalf, the great wizard of Middle Earth (I said it).
From The Hobbit The trilogy, Lee Pace will return as Thranduil, Elvenking of Mirkwood, who, like Orlando Bloom, sold several GHD guides in his time.
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Aragorn aka Strider aka Chieftain of the Dúnedain, a role originally portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in the 2000s, will be played by Jamie Dornan. Also joining him will be Leo Woodall as Halvard, fellow Dúnedain and hunter of Aragorn. And her shadow Kate Winslet joins the cast as a yet-to-be-explained character named Marigol.
And, in the cast announcement above, the video features music by Howard Shore, the greatest composer of them all The Lord of the Rings projects, so hopefully his involvement is a Shore thing.
When The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum hit the cinemas?
Get rid of Great Eagle rideshare because you’ll have to wait.
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will be shown in cinemas Dec. 17, 2027. It offers the December dates we’ve been looking forward to among the first trilogies.
