We know it: The Lord of the Rings is coming back to the big screen. Exit the Fellowship of the Ring, the Elves and the Dwarves, focus on a Hobbit, or rather, an ex-Hobbit well known to Tolkien fans: Gollum. But according to Empire, it would seem that The Hunt for Gollum is not the only Lord of the Rings film on the way. Indeed, a second feature film is planned, information lost in the twists and turns of the various translations.
Surprise! Another film The Lord of the Rings is planned
Earlier this year, Warner Bros. pulled no punches and announced several Lord of the Rings films. To ensure that fans of Peter Jackson's trilogies would show up, Warner managed to convince the New Zealand director and producer and his production team, as well as some familiar faces.Cult characters from the film franchise are set to return to our screens, a boon for those who would like a return to the roots of the saga.
But while The Hunt for Gollumwas seen as a film in two parts, due to an interview with Ian McKellen, the actor who played Gandalf, but it will ultimately not be the case. This is the surprise of this weekend, thanks to a clarification from Phillippa Boyens, screenwriter of The Lord of the Rings. In an interview with Empire, she said that there would be two separate films. “I can tell you with certainty that there are not two films. This is a real misunderstanding that happened because we started working, conceptually, on two different live-action films. The first is The Hunt For Gollum, the second is yet to be confirmed.”
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Boyens took the opportunity to reassure the most worried, who might worry that the story of The Hunt for Gollum is shorter than expected:
“This is a fairly intense story, which takes place after Bilbo's birthday party and before the Mines of Moria. It is a specific part of an incredible unpublished story, told from the point of view of this incredible creature.”
And if Ian McKellen thought that The Hunt for Gollum would be in two parts, that's normal if we believe the screenwriter. “We have several ideas in mind, but most of them include Gandalf.” she explains. If we believe her words, Gandalf could therefore return for two live-action films. In addition, Boyens is also serving as a writer and producer on War of the Rohirrim, the animated film scheduled for release next December. If the film is a success, another animated film to be validated, especially since an “second absolutely brilliant film that would be simply incredible as an anime” is already in the pipeline.