Andy Serkis teases common people returning for Gollum movie

Andy Serkis teases that the future Hunt for Gollum motion picture may well incorporate the return of basic people we understand.

The Lord of the Rings franchise has grossed practically $6 billion above the study course of 6 motion pictures, so it did not appear as a huge surprise when it was introduced that additional films ended up in development. The very first of these videos will be Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. In addition to reprising his purpose as Gollum, Andy Serkis will direct the movie, which he recently hinted could contain appearances from figures we know and adore.

Serkis dropped a handful of teases about the challenge even though speaking at ACE Superhero Comedian Con 2024 (by means of Popverse). “It is so early it would be unfair to commit to just about anything at this level,” Serkis reported. “But I will say that it will be a deep dive where by we examine Gollum’s character. There may be characters that we understand that may well be coming back again. I’m not likely to say who.“

As the story will most likely choose location during the timeline of The Fellowship of the Ring, a handful of opportunity candidates involve Gandalf and Aragorn, and Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen have the two expressed a tentative willingness to return. Serkis also claimed that The Hunt for Gollum is a “do the job-in-development title,” so the remaining movie may not stop up becoming called that, but it will “quite significantly be the environment of Middle-earth in accordance to Gollum’s working experience of it.” Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are producing the script for The Hunt for Gollum, which will be generated by Peter Jackson.

When we did see a great deal of Gollum’s tale play out in the former six videos, Peter Jackson has beforehand explained that there’s even now a whole lot of story still left to be explained to. “The Gollum/Sméagol character has usually fascinated me mainly because Gollum demonstrates the worst of human mother nature, whilst his Sméagol side is, arguably, quite sympathetic,” Jackson reported. “I consider he connects with viewers and film audiences alike, due to the fact there is a very little little bit of both of them in all of us. We actually want to explore his backstory and delve into those people elements of his journey we did not have time to deal with in the earlier films. It is as well quickly to know who will cross his route, but suffice to say we will get our lead from Professor Tolkien.“

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