By Warner Bros. Pictures’ live-action “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum” film won’t be making its December 2026 cinema release as initially hoped.
Andy Serkis, who both plays Gollum in the film and will be directing the project, tells The Direct that filming won’t begin until next year with the planned release pushed back by a year:
“It was originally going to be December 2026. It is going to be December 2027 […] We are right at the beginning of the writing process. We will be prepping later this year. Prep takes a good chunk of time, six or seven months, and then we will be shooting next year. So, it backs into that December 2027 release date.”
Actors Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Orlando Bloom have reportedly all been been asked to return in their respective roles of Aragorn, Gandalf and Legolas respectively. The original filmmaking team of Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillpa Boyens are all heavily involved in the new film as producers.
The story reportedly takes place just before the events of ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ with Gandalf sending Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. The film is expected to use AI and digital make-up to de-age the actors.
Meanwhile the third season of Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” series has added Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”) and Eddie Marsan (“Sherlock Holmes”) to the cast.
Bower will play a handsome high-born knight and new love interest for Galadriel. Marsan’s role is unknown. Filming on the third season kicks off this Spring at Shepperton Studios in the UK.
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