New LotR movie incoming - 2026

[Mordar]

Looks like a new LotR movie is inbound - "The Hunt for Gollum" starring and directed by Smeagol, produced by Jackson.

Hope it minimizes CGI (outside of the lead character of course) and focuses on practical/costume when possible, and no rivers of 100s of gobbos all lined up like a Disney ride to assault our incredibly nimble dwarf hobbit whatever protagonist.

- M

[Zevox]

Uh, why? Everything important about Gollum's story was already in LotR itself.

I mean, I'm a pretty big Tolkien fan, you could definitely sell me on other movies set in Arda, but, why one about Gollum of all characters?

Heck, they released that Gollum video game last year too, and I had the same reaction to when they announced it. Why do the people making these decisions think he's the one to build new LotR media around?

[Metastachydium]

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There already is a fan movie entitled exactly that. Has been for a decade and a half now. What's happening here?

[pendell]

Who's producing the movie? Amazon, or New Line Cinema? Is Andy serkis reprising the role?

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Talakeal]

Who's producing the movie? Amazon, or New Line Cinema? Is Andy serkis reprising the role?

Respectfully,

Brian P.

Warner Brothers. Yes, Serkis is starring and directing.

[Mordar]

Who's producing the movie? Amazon, or New Line Cinema? Is Andy serkis reprising the role?

Warner Brothers. Serkis is starring and directing. Sounds like Jackson writing with his two collaborators.

- M

[t209]

I think there was a fan movie with that name.
Someone wanted to canonize it.

[Ionathus]

LotR movies I would rather watch:

• Gandalf: The Lost Years
• Aragorn: The Later Years
• Merry & Pippin Go To The Pub Four Times in One Day
• Tom Bombadil - The Musical!
• The Two Towers Again But Everyone Is Played By Sir Patrick Stewart
• Farmer Maggot: The Early Years
• How Legolas's Father's Mother's Sister's Cousin's Former Roommate Did Something Important, Probably, I Bet It's All There In Appendix Q-A5C
• Two and a Half Hours of Sam Gardening
• Faramir: The Early Years
• The Entire Courtship of Sam and Rosie Cotton
• The Last Ten Minutes of the Lives of Fifteen Random Victims of Shelob (Horror)
• The Last Ten Minutes of the Lives of Fifteen Random Victims of Shelob (Comedy)
• The Last Ten Minutes of the Lives of Fifteen Random Carrots Grown by Farmer Maggot (Horror/Comedy)

Heck, they released that Gollum video game last year too, and I had the same reaction to when they announced it. Why do the people making these decisions think he's the one to build new LotR media around?

Gollum is memorable, and Andy Serkis is presumably content to keep playing him? I genuinely don't know why this is the direction they're choosing but the actor-willingness-to-actor-recognition-to-actor-pricetag ratio could be a big factor.

[DavidSh]

I wouldn't have thought that Gollum himself would appear much in "The Hunt for Gollum". Rather, the hunters would be the focus. (Is Viggo Mortensen still available?) Just like the statuette appears very little in The Maltese Falcon.

What I'd like to see is a proper version of the Scouring of the Shire. Shoot it like The Seven Samauri.

[Zevox]

Tom Bombadil - The Musical!

So, just any movie about Tom Bombadil, then.

Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

Gollum is memorable, and Andy Serkis is presumably content to keep playing him? I genuinely don't know why this is the direction they're choosing but the actor-willingness-to-actor-recognition-to-actor-pricetag ratio could be a big factor.

I guess that likely factors into the movie, but he didn't have anything to do with the video game.