Peter Jackson’s New Lord of the Rings Movie in Development and Focus on Gollum
Lord of the Rings fans are really getting excited to hear the recent update regarding the return. Warner Bros. officially announced on Friday that A new Lord of the Rings movie, titled Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, is in the early stages of development. The film is looking for the release window of 2026.
It’s been over ten years since the last installment of the franchise was released. Reportedly, it will be the first batch of the new films. Andy Serkis will reprise the role of Gollum, and he also directs the film. Gollum is one of the beloved characters in the franchise. Andy Serkin brought the character to life by providing his voice.
Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav confirmed that Peter Jackson, who has written and directed the Lord of the Rings franchise, will produce the film along with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
Peter Jackson will produce the next "Lord of the Rings" movie with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. They "will be involved every step of the way."
The movie is now in early script development and is being planned for a 2026 theatrical release. https://t.co/oq1d6KOt4m pic.twitter.com/ONWGhunyJM
— Variety (@Variety) May 9, 2024
Walsh and Boyens are also part of the scriptwriting with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. The upcoming movie’s plot is still unknown, but Zaslav stated, “explore storylines yet to be told,” which indicates that it will not be the adaptation of the original novel. There are two films are expected to be created under the franchise.
Warner Bros announced developments regarding new Lord of the Rings films a year ago after an agreement with Embracer Group AB that they would make an additional film based on the book series of Tolkien.
The Lord of the Rings franchise is based on the British author J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel series of the same name. The first film in the franchise, The Fellowship of the Ring, was released in 2001, followed by The Two Towers in 2002 and The Return of the King in 2003.
The cast of the films includes Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee and Dominic Monaghan.
Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis directed the movie, and it became a huge box success. The film was nominated for 30 Academic Awards and grabbed 17. It is considered the most successful film franchise in history, having collected $2.98 billion.
The trilogy The Hobbit, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings franchise, also wavered at the box office and collected 2.39 billion worldwide. Following its success, The Lord of the Ring moved onto the small screen which was released on Amazon Prime Video in September 2022. The series’ second season is set to release in 2024.