Lord of the Rings (new movie 2026)

It's not a sequel. The hunt for gollum is a prequel and will (presumably) be about when Gandalf sends Aragorn to find Gollum when he's worried about the one ring (i.e. after the Hobbit, before LOTR).

I wonder about casting here. Andy Serkis is fine as Gollum as he'll be CGI'd, but can they bring the likes of Ian McKellen or Viggo Mortensen back 25 years after they portrayed the characters?

This seems like it will be stretching the source material almost as much as Amazon did with Rings of Power. Andy Serkis's Gollum wasn't great either, the voice was all wrong for me.

I adore the first 3 LOTR films but the Hobbit Films were largely terrible I thought (thanks in part to a troubled production, I really would have loved to see Del Toro's version) and I still haven't watched Rings of Power, so it's a very much a meh for me initially.

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/lord-of-the-rings-films-in-development-2026-peter-jackson-involved/

“Lord Of The Rings is one of the most successful and revered franchises in history and we're going to exploit the fúck out of it until people are sick of it,” Zaslav is reported to have said on the earnings call.

There's a real quest for more money vibe coming off this. I'll keep an open mind but given how bad the Hobbit films were, I'm not hopeful.

"… is mostly beard …" 😂🤣😂

Amazon didn't stretch the source material.

They just made up a whole new thing and put some LotR names in it.

It's definitely not an inspiring project.

We've seen Gollum in The Hobbit. We've seen Gollum in The Two Towers. The gap between isn't that interesting. I mean, for one - the hunt outcome is known, he's captured by Sauron, and like, told them "Bagginsssss".

I can't see how it adds anything of value to the existing movies, instead provide some inconsequential retcons?

No obvious spectacle, none of the same themes imbedded in LOTR, almost none of the original fellowship (and hopefully so). And all centred around Gollum, a character we pretty much completed.

And if you thought the prospect of one movie on that theme was uninspiring

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-movie-stephen-colbert-warner-bros-1236698684/

Just pay through the nose for the Silmarillion already!

Its insane like theres so much material to use from Tolkien yet so little has been used or even considered.

We are already at the point where there is more utter shte Tolkien than good Tolkien movies/TV so I have no hope in another two movies that drag the arsse out of some minor chapter or off hand comment.

Ya that's what Rogue One started as but that series was a one in a million hit.

They should have caved before or immediately after Rings of Power. Letting that shíte continue from so little material is just damaging Tolkiens entire reputation at this point.