Andy Serkis teases that the impending Hunt for Gollum film might nicely include the return of classic characters we comprehend.

The Lord of the Rings franchise has grossed just about $6 billion about the study course of six motion photos, so it didn’t seem as a massive shock when it was announced that far a lot more videos ended up in improvement. The initially of these flicks will be Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. In addition to reprising his job as Gollum, Andy Serkis will quick the film, which he just lately hinted could incorporate appearances from characters we know and enjoy.

Serkis dropped a quantity of teases about the project although speaking at ACE Superhero Comic Con 2024 (by making use of Popverse). “It is so early it would be unfair to commit to something at this stage,” Serkis mentioned. “But I will say that it will be a deep dive precisely exactly where we investigate Gollum’s character. There might possibly be characters that we recognize that might nicely be coming back. I’m not probably to say who.“

As the story will really probably obtain place by way of the timeline of The Fellowship of the Ring, a couple of probable candidates contain items like Gandalf and Aragorn, and Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen have each and every expressed a tentative willingness to return. Serkis also mentioned that The Hunt for Gollum is a “do the job-in-development title,” so the closing film could possibly not finish up receiving referred to as that, but it will “incredibly a lot be the environment of Middle-earth according to Gollum’s expertise of it.” Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are creating the script for The Hunt for Gollum, which will be produced by Peter Jackson.

Though we did see significantly of Gollum’s story engage in out in the preceding 6 films, Peter Jackson has formerly talked about that there’s even now a huge quantity of tale left to be told. “The Gollum/Sméagol character has generally fascinated me due to the fact Gollum demonstrates the worst of human mother nature, even though his Sméagol facet is, arguably, rather sympathetic,” Jackson mentioned. “I envision he connects with guests and film audiences alike, due to the reality there’s a really tiny tiny bit of each of them in all of us. We genuinely want to examine his backstory and delve into these places of his journey we did not have time to cover in the prior to films. It is as well quickly to know who will cross his path, but suffice to say we will get our lead from Professor Tolkien.“

Which Lord of the Rings characters would you like to see seem in The Hunt for Gollum?