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    Home » “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” In Development At Warner Bros. With Andy Serkis To Direct and Star

    “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” In Development At Warner Bros. With Andy Serkis To Direct and Star

    By SHOOTThursday, May 9, 2024Updated:Sunday, July 7, 2024No Comments1819 Views
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    Andy Serkis appears at the BAFTA Nominees Party in London, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

    By Lindsey Bahr

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    Andy Serkis is going back to Middle-earth to play Gollum in two new "Lord of the Rings" films.

    Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group's Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy said Thursday that Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the Oscar-winning team behind the "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies, will produce and Serkis will direct.

    "Yesssss, Precious," Serkis said in a statement. "The time has come once more to venture into the unknown with my dear friends, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle Earth Peter, Fran and Philippa…It's just too delicious."

    The working title is "Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" and Walsh and Boyens are co-writing the screenplay. The collaboration between Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema is expected to be released in 2026.

    The "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" films have made nearly $6 billion combined at the box office. "The Return of the King" won a record 11 Oscars, including best director and best picture, tying "Titanic" and "Ben-Hur" for most won.

    De Luca and Abdy said in a statement that this team represents their commitment to excellence in further contributing to the cinematic history of the "Lord of the Rings."

    Jackson, Walsh and Boyens, who consider themselves lifetime scholars of J.R.R. Tolkien's worlds, added that they were looking forward to traveling back to Middle-earth with Serkis, "who has unfinished business with that Stinker – Gollum!"

    The studio also has the animated fantasy "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" arriving in theaters in December.

    Lindsey Bahr is an AP film writer

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    Warner Bros. Stages A Starry CinemaCon Show While Paramount Question Looms

    Wednesday, April 15, 2026
    Cast members Sandra Bullock, left, and Nicole Kidman of the upcoming film "Practical Magic 2" speak during the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

    Warner Bros. put on a big show hyping their upcoming films for theater owners Tuesday in Las Vegas, with the help of stars like Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Sandra Bullock and Jason Momoa. The audience at CinemaCon got previews of J.J. Abrams' original science fiction thriller "The Great Beyond," with Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega, Cruise with a potbelly in "Digger," the Owens sisters in "Practical Magic 2," Milly Alcock's "Supergirl" in an intergalactic fight and the first seven minutes of Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Three." Villeneuve said this third film is a "thriller" that is "more intense and definitely more emotional" than the previous films, while Chalamet spoke about how his character has become his worst vision 17 years after "Part Two." The studio saved "Dune: Part Three" for the epic finale, but there were highlights throughout the nearly two and a half hour showcase. Bullock even got Kidman to say her iconic AMC Theaters line, "we come to this place for magic," which she reluctantly did to much applause in the room of exhibitors. "I didn't think anyone would clap," Kidman said with a laugh. The two reunite for the "Practical Magic" sequel, which opens in September. Earlier in the presentation, Cruise also got a big reception from the audience in a rare standing ovation as a devoted and vocal advocate of the big screen experience. This time he doesn't have a "Top Gun" or a "Mission: Impossible," but a boisterous satire in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Digger," opening in October. "The movie is wild. It's funny," said Cruise. Iñárritu called Cruise's performance "a high-wire act." "We know that he's fearless — the stunts, the planes, the jumps — but I have to say embodying this character, this... Read More

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