Rings of Power S3/Hunt for Gollum Anticipation and JRR Tolkien Discussion thread

[Turtletrekker]

Ian McKellen Reveals Gandalf & Frodo Will Feature In Andy Serkis’ New ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Films

Ian McKellen has revealed that Gandalf and Frodo Baggins will appear in Andy Serkis' new movie 'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.'

deadline.com

 

[Set Harth]

Gandalf being in it is not exactly surprising.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

We already knew Gandalf was going to be in it. The news here is Frodo's return, which is probably going to be a framing device.

 

[Turtletrekker]

We already knew Gandalf was going to be in it. The news here is Frodo's return, which is probably going to be a framing device.

In fact, I was even thinking that they could just use the "Keep it secret, keep it safe" and the "Is it secret? Is it safe?" footage from Fellowship as it is and use that as the frame.

 

[JD]

I had kind of been inspecting something like that, so I'm not totally surprised. I wonder if they're going to do any digital or makeup deaging, or if we're just going to pretend they're not 22 years older than when we last saw them?

 

[FredH]

News on two different Tolkien projects in the same number of days.

Rings of Power season three has begun production...

‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Trio Dissect Dark Lord Showdowns, Welcome A Wizard And Tease Season 3

The Rings of Power stars Charlie Vickers, Charles Edwards and Daniel Weyman discuss their series at the Deadline Studio at Prime Experience.

deadline.com

...and The Hunt for Gollum has a release date!

‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’ Set for December 2027, Next ‘Evil Dead’ Movie Nabs Summer 2026 Release

New Line announced that the next 'Evil Dead' installment is officially a go, with Souheila Yacoub set to star. M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie has also landed a release date from Warner Bros.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I figured that we didn't need two different anticipation threads and could use a general Tolkien discussion thread anyway, so here we are. I am one of the few who have been enjoying the hell out of Rings of Power, despite its canonical digressions. I'm actually more skeptical about The Hunt for Gollum. Both the Hobbit movies and the War of the Rohirrum movie felt awfully padded out, and I can see the same thing playing out here. Especially since the story in question was sufficiently told in a 45-minute fan-film, I can only imagine how padded a 2 1/2 hour movie might feel. And then there's the (re?)casting issues involved.

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I’m with you (if three months late). The Rings of Power has pretty much swept me away every episode from the get go, so I simply don’t care if it diverges from the source material. Whereas The Hunt for Gollum — presumably I’ll see it at some point, but I can’t say I see much reason for it. It’s as if someone made a new Star Wars movie about, say, the Imperial scout ships searching for the hidden Rebel base, finally finding the deserted remains of one on Dantooine, cue end credits.

 

[Tosk]

It’s as if someone made a new Star Wars movie about, say, the Imperial scout ships searching for the hidden Rebel base, finally finding the deserted remains of one on Dantooine, cue end credits.

Or if someone, say, made a movie about the doomed Rebels who originally stole the Death Star plans.

 

[FredH]

Or if someone, say, made a movie about the doomed Rebels who originally stole the Death Star plans.

Nah, because the hunt for Gollum only ends in the actual LOTR films themselves, whereas The Stealing of the Plans Rogue One covers a separate arc that ends before ANH begins, and its climactic ending isn’t part of ANH’s events yet is very, very meaningful (as not finding the current Rebel base, or not finding Gollum once and for all, would not be).

 

[Tosk]

One would assume that they'll come up with a story that is meaningful and has a beginning, middle, and ending for the Gollum movie, regardless of where it falls in the chronology.