Fans of Middle -earth will soon be able to learn more about one of the most iconic characters in pop culture: Gollum. This will officially return to the big screen for Christmas 2027. Warner Bros. announced that the next franchise film The Lord of the Rings, The Hunt for Gollum (Gollum hunt) will come out in theaters on December 17, 2027.
This is a new counter-time for the project which had been initially announced for 2026 since February 2025. Finally the exit was pushed by one year, we learned in May 2025.
In May 2024, it was revealed that‘Andy Serkisthe actor having given Life to Gollum since 2002 at the cinema thanks to the technology of the “Motion Capture”, would be responsible for making the film. He previously supervised films such as Mowgli: The legend of the jungle (2018) et Venom : Let There Be Carnage (2021).
A story nested during the events of the original trilogy
Peter Jacksonthe director of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings as well as that of Hobbitwill be back as a producer on this project with its partners fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The Warner Bros studio underlined during the announcement of this next film that the trio “will be involved at each stage of the process”.
Philippa Boyens told the magazine Empire in October 2024 that The Hunt for Gollum is “a fairly intense story” which “is located After Bilbon’s birthday party and before the adventures of the ring community within Moria mines. This is a specific part of an incredible unique storytold from the point of view of this incredible creature “. The events in question take place Between the first and the third act From the first episode of the original trilogy: The ring community.
-The filmmaker also confirmed that another film located in the world of Rings is in preparation, without necessarily being focused on the character of Gollum. For the moment with the exception of Andy Serkis ahead of his iconic role, The casting has not been announced. Note that Gollum has already appeared in recent projects based on the universe of J.R.R. Tolkien Like his own video game in 2023.
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