The most recent replace for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum confirms a report in regards to the recasting of a fan-favorite character.
What’s the LOTR: The Hunt for Gollum replace?
In December 2025, it was reported that Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema can be recasting the function of Aragorn. In Peter Jackson‘s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen famously portrayed Aragorn.
Aragorn shall be prominently featured in The Hunt for Gollum. Nevertheless, Mortensen won’t be returning to reprise the function.
Whereas talking with ScreenRant, director Andy Serkis confirmed that The Hunt for Gollum will embrace a brand new actor taking part in Aragorn.
“I don’t know what’s on the market in the meanwhile, however I do know there’s plenty of hypothesis, however let’s simply say we’re recasting the function and we’re on the best way to discovering somebody,” Serkis stated.
Serkis didn’t present any names of who the studio is likely to be contemplating for the function. Nevertheless, Serkis did affirm the casting of Kate Winslet in an undisclosed half and briefly defined the movie’s setting.
“We’ve bought to maintain all of it again. I imply, look, apart from, I feel it’s most likely frequent data, however our movie takes place between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and it’s The Hunt for Gollum, and it’s a bodily hunt for the character, but additionally a psychological hunt for himself,” Serkis added. “So we’re nearly on the launchpad now, and it’s very thrilling. And yeah, it’s going to be an enormous journey.”
Ian McKellen lately teased that The Hunt for Gollum will function Gandalf and Frodo. McKellen and Elijah Wooden, who portrayed Gandalf and Frodo in Jackson’s LOTR trilogy, neither confirmed nor denied whether or not they’ll reprise their roles in Serkis’ new film.
Serkis will direct, government produce, and star in The Hunt for Gollum. Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are co-writing the screenplay together with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. Peter Jackson returns to supply alongside Walsh and Boyens.
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum arrives in theaters on December 17, 2027.
