Peter Jackson has already made six movies set on the earth of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels. And now he’s going again to Center-earth to assist create two new The Lord of the Rings movies.
These films have been formally introduced by Warner Bros. at present; the primary of the pair is tentatively titled Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav introduced that Jackson alongside together with his writing companions Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens “can be concerned each step of the best way” on the brand new movies.
Andy Serkis, who performed Gollum in Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, will each star in and direct The Hunt for Gollum.
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Immediately The Lord of the Rings is a big multimedia franchise once more. Jackson turned Tolkien’s three LOTR novels into movies within the early 2000s, then turned the one e book of The Hobbit into three extra movies in the 2010s. Amazon’s Prime Video service is presently streaming a large The Lord of the Rings TV collection referred to as The Ring of Energy. And Warner Bros. additionally has an animated Lord of the Rings film titled The Warfare of the Rohirrim that’s presently scheduled to open in theaters in December of this 12 months.
Jackson and Serkis’ new film will supposedly “discover storylines but to be informed,” in response to Zaslav.
Jackson, Boyens and Walsh gave this assertion on the information:
It’s an honour and a privilege to journey again to Center-earth with our good good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished enterprise with that Stinker – Gollum! … As life lengthy followers of Professor Tolkien’s huge mythology, we’re proud to be working with Mike De Luca, Pam Abdy and the whole crew at Warner Bros. on one other epic journey!
The primary of those new Lord of the Rings films is presently anticipated to open in theaters in 2026.
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