Photo from “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” director Peter Jackson (center). (Photo/Provided by Warner Bros.)
[The Epoch Times, 10 Cèitean, 2024](Compiled and reported by Epoch Times reporter Ye Jie) Warner Bros. announced. Pictures that “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” (uncertain translation) will be released in 2026 Released in 2017 , it is directed and starred by British actor Andy Serkis, who plays “Gollum”, and original “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson is returning to star in the production.
According to “Variety”, on the 9th local time, David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, in an employment call that Peter Jackson, the director and producer of the first “Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy” (Peter Jackson) and his work partners will return to make the film and participate in the development of the film . The script is still in the early stages of development and will explore stories that have yet to be revealed.
Warner Bros. said Pictures is tentatively titled “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” and will be directed by Andy Serkis with “Gollum” Serkis, Ken Ken Kamins and Jonathan Cavendish serving as executive producers.
File photo of Andrew Serkis, who plays Gollum in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and his wife Lorraine Ashbourne. (Photos: Li Wei/The Epoch Times)
“Smeagol” in “The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy” is also known as “Gollum”. Hobbit. “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” are adapted from the three books of the novel “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” written by the British Professor JRR Tolkien.
Jackson’s official statement said: “It’s an honor to be returning to Middle Earth with our good friend and colleague Andy Serkis, who still has unfinished business with Gollum working with Warner Bros. Pictures Co-Chairmen and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abidi and the Warner Bros. team.
In addition, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”, an animated fantasy film from the Lord of the Rings film universe, is a prequel to the “Lord of the Rings film Trilogy”. before the events of “The Hobbit”. Directed by Japanese animation director Kenji Kamiyama, it is set to be released in the United States on December 13.
A total of six films, “The Lord of the Rings Trilogy” (2001-2003) and “The Hobbit Trilogy” (2012-2014), directed by the famous New Zealand director Jackson, have brought Warner Bros. -in with box office revenue. of US $ 2.99 billion and US $ 2.93 billion, the total income was almost US $ 6 billion and won several Oscars The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King alone has won 11 Oscars.
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