“The Hunt for Gollum” is scheduled to be launched in 2026.
Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav introduced in an investor name in Could that “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” can be launched in 2026 and “discover storylines but to be informed,” Selection reported.
Andy Serkis, who performed Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, will reprise his position and likewise direct the brand new movie. Presumably, the film will likely be a prequel as Gollum died on the finish of 2003’s “The Return of the King.”
In a press release launched in Could, Serkis expressed his pleasure in regards to the undertaking, noting that the director of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies, Peter Jackson, will produce the movie alongside his writing companions, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
“Yesssss, Valuable. The time has come as soon as extra to enterprise into the unknown with my pricey associates, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Center-earth, Peter, Fran, and Philippa,” Serkis wrote. “With Mike and Pam, and the Warner Bros group on the hunt as nicely, alongside WETA and our filmmaking household in New Zealand, it is simply all too scrumptious…”