The team behind the Lord Of The Rings trilogy will work on two new movies, Warner Bros has introduced.
Peter Jackson, the mastermind behind the epic Oscar-winning movies launched in 2001, 2002 and 2006, will produce the movies alongside Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
Andy Serkis, identified for enjoying Gollum within the unique trilogy based mostly on JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels set on this planet of Center Earth, will once more star because the character and direct the primary of the brand new motion pictures, Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum.
In a press release positive to excite followers, Serkis used Gollum’s catchphrase, saying: “Yesssss, Valuable.”
He added: “The time has come as soon as extra to enterprise into the unknown with my dear mates, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle Earth – Peter, Fran and Philippa.”
The manufacturing crew “will probably be concerned each step of the way in which” within the new enterprise, Warner Bros. Discovery’s CEO, David Zaslav, stated.
Warner Bros. had first introduced in 2023 that it was planning various new movies set within the Lord Of The Rings world.
Jackson’s unique trilogy was adopted by one other based mostly on Tolkien’s prequel guide, The Hobbit.
The primary new movie specializing in Gollum is scheduled for launch in 2026.
Jackson, Walsh and Boyens stated: “It’s an honour and a privilege to journey again to Center Earth with our good good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished enterprise with that Stinker – Gollum!
“As lifelong followers of Professor Tolkien’s huge mythology, we’re proud to be working with Mike De Luca, Pam Abdy and the whole crew at Warner Bros. on one other epic journey!”
Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings movies, which had been shot concurrently in Jackson’s native New Zealand, received 17 Oscars.
A separate animated Center Earth film set 200 years earlier than the plot of The Hobbit and entitled The Lord Of The Rings: The Struggle Of The Rohirrim, will probably be out in December this yr.
