Philippa Boyens confirms that The Hunt for Gollum can be only one film after two-parter rumours and teases one other live-action challenge.
Ian McKellen received Lord of the Rings followers speaking final month when he confirmed he had been approached about reprising his position of Gandalf for The Hunt for Gollum and added that the movie could be a two-parter. Followers have been a bit of confused, however screenwriter Philippa Boyens has fortunately set the document straight whereas talking with Empire, confirming that the spinoff can be simply one film in spite of everything.
“I can tell you definitively it isn’t two films!” Boyens stated. “That was a genuine misunderstanding that happened because we’ve begun to work, conceptually, on two different live-action films. The first being The Hunt For Gollum, the second one still to be confirmed.” Boyens additionally added just a few transient particulars on the place The Hunt for Gollum suits into the Lord of the Rings saga. “It’s quite an intense story, which falls after the birthday party of Bilbo and before the Mines Of Moria,” she stated. “It’s a particular chunk of unbelievable untold story, advised by means of the attitude of this unbelievable creature.“
It’s not clear what that second film could be, nevertheless it might additionally contain Gandalf. “We’re playing around with a number of ideas, but most of those ideas do include Gandalf,” Boyens defined. “So Gandalf would potentially return for two live-action films.” It’s been ten years since McKellen final performed Gandalf, however the 85-year-old actor has stated that if they need him to reprise the position as soon as once more, they’d “better be quick” about it.
Andy Serkis, who will direct the film in addition to play Gollum, dropped a few teases about The Hunt for Gollum earlier this yr. “It is so early; it would be unfair to commit to anything at this point,” Serkis stated. “However I’ll say that will probably be a deep dive the place we examine Gollum’s character. There could also be characters that we acknowledge that may be coming again. I’m not going to say who.“
Whereas we did see quite a lot of Gollum’s saga play out within the earlier six films, Peter Jackson has beforehand stated that there’s nonetheless quite a lot of story left to be advised. “The Gollum/Sméagol character has always fascinated me because Gollum reflects the worst of human nature, whilst his Sméagol side is, arguably, quite sympathetic,” Jackson stated. “I feel he connects with readers and movie audiences alike, as a result of there’s a bit of little bit of each of them in all of us. We actually need to discover his backstory and delve into these elements of his journey we didn’t have time to cowl within the earlier movies. It’s too quickly to know who will cross his path, however suffice to say we are going to take our lead from Professor Tolkien.“
