"The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" News & Discussion Thread

[Yojimbo]

A new set of films based on The Lord of the Rings are being developed. The first, The Hunt for Gollum releases in 2026. The project is already in the early stages of script development, is directed by and starring Andy Serkis, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are writing the screenplay, along with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou (Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim), executive produced by Ken Kamins, with Serkis and The Imaginarium's Jonathan Cavendish, and Peter Jackson is producing with Walsh and Boyens.

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[Frontier]

I'm glad Jackson is involved but just kind of funny to center it on Gollum after the terrible reception to his video game .

 

[Spacething7474]

I hope it's either an adaption/follow-up to the infamous The Lord of the Rings: Gollum video game, ends up as critically panned as that, or (the best outcome) both.

 

[Yojimbo]

Jackson comments, "we really want to explore his backstory and delve into those parts of his journey we didn’t have time to cover in the earlier films."

 

[Frontier]

Jackson comments, "we really want to explore his backstory and delve into those parts of his journey we didn’t have time to cover in the earlier films."

"And wipe the stink of the video game away" .

 

[Dantheman]

So, it's going to be the Middle Earth version of Rogue One?

That makes sense.