The Hunt for Gollum director/star Andy Serkis says the discharge of the Lord of the Rings spinoff has been pushed again a full yr.
When The Hunt for Gollum was initially introduced, the Lord of the Rings spin-off was given a tentative December 2026 launch date. Nevertheless, director Andy Serkis instructed The Direct at Fan Expo Vancouver 2025 that the movie has been pushed again by a full yr.
“Yeah, it is not 2026. It was originally going to be December 2026. It is going to be December 2027,” Serkis stated. “We’re proper at first of the writing course of. We might be prepping later this yr. Prep takes an excellent chunk of time, six or seven months, after which we might be taking pictures subsequent yr. So, it backs into that December 2027 launch date.“
The Hunt for Gollum takes place throughout the identical time interval as The Fellowship of the Ring, with co-writer Philippa Boyens saying that it’s set shortly earlier than Frodo depart the Shire for Rivendell. It might start with Gandalf tasking Aragorn with discovering Gollum, so he doesn’t spill the beans concerning the One Ring to Sauron. Aragorn and Gandolf play key roles within the story, however it nonetheless stays to be seen if Viggo Mortensen and Ian McKellen will return. Each have expressed an curiosity, though the 85-year-old McKellen has stated that they’d “better be quick” about it if they need him again.
As for Mortensen, Boyens defined late final yr that the actor has been approached and so they actually need him to come back again. “Honestly, that’s entirely going to be up to Viggo, collaboratively and we are at a very early stage,” she stated. “I’ve spoken to Viggo, Andy [Serkis] has spoken to him, Peter [Jackson] has spoken to him, we’ve all spoken to one another and truthfully, I can not think about anybody else taking part in Aragorn, however it will likely be utterly and fully as much as Viggo.“
On condition that it’s been nicely over twenty-five years since Mortensen performed Aragorn in The Fellowship of the Ring, some digital trickery would probably be wanted to dial again the years. “I know Andy wants to work with him, but also, we don’t see this as like, using A.I. [technology], this is about a digital make-up, and whether Viggo does it or will entirely depends on how good the script is,” Boyens continued. “And he doesn’t have a script but. So to be truthful to Viggo, let’s see if we write a adequate position and that he can discover sufficient in it to see that it’s a efficiency he needs to tackle. After that, it’ll be between Viggo and Andy of how that’s achieved.“
