Woe, how rapidly the hubris of man makes them neglect. Does nobody bear in mind how the final solo Gollum mission labored out? Evidently, Andy Serkis would not.
The actor who introduced Gollum to the large display and has since made a profession out of romping round soundstages lined in mocap dots is now making an attempt his hand at directing the character (i.e. himself) in upcoming film Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. Only a few particulars have been revealed past its late 2027 launch window and the truth that it can apparently characteristic the return of Frodo and Gandalf (revealed simply yesterday), making its placement within the timeline… questionable. Per Leisure Weekly:
Earlier within the day, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO and President David Zaslav mentioned Serkis’ movie through the firm’s quarterly earnings name. Zaslav famous that The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum joins the likes of upcoming Batman, Superman, and Harry Potter tasks on the high of the studio’s precedence checklist.
Although McKellen didn’t particularly say whether or not he and authentic Frodo Baggins star Elijah Wooden would reprise their roles within the movie, Wooden was current on the fan occasion, smiling conspiratorially as McKellen spoke alongside fellow LOTR alums Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, and John Rhys-Davies.
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In June, Serkis instructed Collider, “We’re very early on within the course of. We have been speaking concerning the movie over the course of the final 12 months. We’re about to begin a interval of prep within the subsequent few months or so. We will probably be capturing within the early to mid-part of subsequent 12 months, I suppose, after which it’s going to be so long as it takes to shoot, which — it is a sizable film — all prepared for a December 2027 launch.”
I personally do not consider Gollum is a robust sufficient character to hold a complete work on his personal, which, once more, sport devs lately came upon the onerous method. With Serkis and the gang from the unique movies behind it, although, perhaps we’ll be pleasantly stunned — or perhaps the conclusion to the Hunt for Gollum will probably be that he ought to have stayed misplaced to start with.