Ian McKellen confirms he’s been approached about taking part in Gandalf in The Hunt for Gollum, including that it may very well be a two-parter.

It was introduced earlier this 12 months that extra motion pictures within the Lord of the Rings franchise have been in growth. The first of those motion pictures might be The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum starring Andy Serkis, who may also direct the movie; Or, maybe I ought to say… movies. While talking on This Morning within the UK, Ian McKellen confirmed that he has been approached about reprising his function of Gandalf for The Hunt for Gollum, however he claims that the film will truly be a two-parter. Gotta milk that Middle-earth, child!

“Well, all I know is that they called me up and said these films were going to happen, that [they’re] mainly going to be about Gollum,” McKellen stated. “Andy Serkis, who performed Gollum, goes to direct, and there might be a script arriving someday within the new 12 months…after which I’ll choose whether or not I wish to return. I’m advised it’s two movies. I most likely shouldn’t be saying this. But I haven’t learn the script, and I don’t know when it’s, and I don’t even know the place it is going to be filmed.“

As we don’t know a lot about The Hunt for Gollum‘s plot, it’s onerous to say whether or not there might be sufficient story for two motion pictures. As we all know, The Hobbit was initially envisioned as a two-parter earlier than the selection was made to broaden it to 3 motion pictures. I believe we will agree that it unfold the story a bit too skinny. This is simply hypothesis on my half, nevertheless it’s additionally potential that the second film is one other Lord of the Rings undertaking that would contain Gandalf.

It’s been ten years since McKellen final performed Gandalf, however the 85-year-old actor not too long ago stated that if they need him to reprise the function as soon as once more, they’d “better be quick” about it.

Serkis dropped a number of teases about The Hunt for Gollum earlier this 12 months. “It is so early; it would be unfair to commit to anything at this point,” Serkis stated. “But I’ll say that it is going to be a deep dive the place we examine Gollum’s character. There could also be characters that we acknowledge that is perhaps coming again. I’m not going to say who.“

While we did see loads of Gollum’s saga play out within the earlier six motion pictures, Peter Jackson has beforehand stated that there’s nonetheless loads 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 believe he connects with readers and movie audiences alike, as a result of there’s a bit little bit of each of them in all of us. We actually wish 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.“

Do you assume The Hunt for Gollum will finally encompass two motion pictures?