Andy Serkis Talks Concerning the Inconceivable Process of ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

This yr, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring turns 25 years old. In that point, that film and its sequels changed the way in which individuals make films, watch films, and admire films. It’s really troublesome to quantify just how impactful the work Peter Jackson and his staff did has been ever since. However, subsequent yr, a bunch of them are going to attempt to do it once more. Which is not any simple activity.

On December 17, 2027, Warner Bros. is releasing The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. Directed by and starring Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, the movie will try and recapture the magic Peter Jackson created along with his unique Lord of the Rings trilogy, which was solely partially achieved with his Hobbit trilogy. Fortunately, Serkis is nicely conscious of that problem and, talking to Empire, talked concerning the troublesome bullseye this film must hit.

“It’s a phenomenal problem, thrilling and naturally terrifying on the similar time,” Serkis told the magazine. “Now we have a really particular activity forward of us. A return to Center-earth that satisfies the eagerness and the love that generations of Lord of the Rings followers have for these tales, while additionally presenting one thing utterly contemporary and new for first-timers to Center-earth, with one in every of Tolkien’s richest and most complicated characters at its coronary heart.”

Whereas it’s true that being the primary live-action Lord of the Rings film to come back out in over a decade does pose one thing of a problem, the concept that this film must “current one thing utterly contemporary and new for first-timers” doesn’t fairly ring (pun supposed) true. For one, the Lord of the Rings films have endured nicely past their years. Even now, 25 years later, they nonetheless really feel as contemporary and beloved as ever, and youthful generations have absolutely embraced them as such. Second, there’s an ongoing, wildly successful Lord of the Rings series at the moment airing on Prime Video, which, at the least partially, works to maintain the model title contemporary.

So, whereas from an government standpoint you perceive the thought of “We’d like each followers and non-fans to come back to this very costly film so it will probably make some huge cash,” we hope that’s much less the case on set. Simply make it with the identical care and fervour as you probably did 25 years in the past, and the remaining will deal with itself.

Then once more, Warner Bros. did launch a super cool Lord of the Rings anime in theaters two years in the past, and nobody noticed it. That’s in all probability an element right here too. Although live-action is a complete different beast.

Serkis is at the moment in New Zealand on the point of shoot the movie later this yr, geared toward that December 2027 launch. Do you suppose it will likely be extra like the unique trilogy or the Hobbit trilogy? Tell us under.

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