The license The Lord of the Rings turns to currently at full speed. Ten years after the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, we learn that the legendary Peter Jackson is working on a new film. We tell you everything!
Peter Jackson: The Return of the King
A few days after the death of Bernard Hill, who played King Theoden inThe Lord of the Rings, and who For the millions of fans of the Peter Jackson trilogy, we learned today that Peter Jackson is working on a new film project. The New Zealand director had moved away from from the universe of J.R.R. Tolkien after a trilogy of theHobbitpraised for its artistic qualities, but criticized for some of its adaptation choices.< /p>
While Amazon Prime Video has the delicate mission of reconciling Tolkien fans disappointed by the first season of Rings of Power and that 'an animated film,The War of the Rohirrim, is scheduled for the end of the year,we will now have to count on a new live-action feature film:The Hunt for Gollum< /strong>. The film, scheduled for 2026, will be made by Andy Serkis.
Our American colleagues from theHollywood Reporter, who announced The news this Thursday, May 9, tells us that Peter Jackson and his wife and closest collaborator Fran Walsh will be executive producers of the project centered on around Serkis’s incarnation of Gollum. The film will therefore be totally included in the lore of films.It is assumed that it will tell the story of Gollum's capture by Sauron, then his tracking down by Aragorn on Gandalf's orders at the start ofThe Community. of the Ring. The Hunt for Gollum would be partly inspired by of theAppendices of theReturn of the King.
This new filmThe Lord of the Rings is big news for fans who have been dreaming for many years to see Peter Jackson collaborate on new on a production linked to the universe of Tolkien. Note also that the deal with Warner Bros. would concern two films.