When information broke that Warner Bros. was making a new Lord of the Rings movie about Gollum, directed by Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, and produced by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh, we immediately wished somebody to pick their brains about it. Why come again? Why this story? Who will return? Now, somebody has.
Deadline sat down with Jackson, Serkis, and Boyens to speak all issues The Hunt for Gollum and the interview is crammed with tantalizing teases. For instance, the location refers back to the Gollum film as “the primary of two new movies,” which doesn’t even depend this yr’s anime, The Struggle of the Rohirrim. That’s attention-grabbing. Additionally Jackson talked about why this story is the one which’s being instructed first.
“The Gollum/Sméagol character has all the time fascinated me as a result of Gollum displays the worst of human nature, while his Sméagol facet is, arguably, fairly sympathetic,” Jackson stated. “I feel he connects with readers and movie audiences alike, as a result of there’s slightly little bit of each of them in all of us. We actually need to discover his backstory and delve into these components of his journey we didn’t have time to cowl within the earlier movies. It’s too quickly to know who will cross his path, however suffice to say we’ll take our lead from Professor Tolkien.”
Serkis additionally teased that Gollum was prone to cross paths with recognizable characters, however didn’t need to commit. “That’s a troublesome query to reply proper at this second in time, as a result of we’re actually within the nascent levels of what it’s precisely the place we’re doing, and the place the story’s going to take us,” Serkis stated. “So I don’t need to commit something proper now. I imply, as a result of it’s so uncooked and wriggling, and we’re simply actually having very early state script discussions and concepts of precisely the place and the way we’re going to drop anchor with the character and his journey and the way he’s or comes into contact with different characters, and the characters that we all know and don’t know. So nonetheless, I’d hate to say something that’s going to commit us at this level, as a result of it’s actually all up for grabs.”
The interview additionally dives deep into ways in which this film will distinguish itself from the others. Numerous that has to do with the efficiency seize advancing since Lord of the Rings—but in addition it’s as a result of Serkis, not Jackson, is directing. “There’s no person else you may consider who is aware of what goes into that character and we all know what he brings to it and brings to the entire world of Center-earth,” Boyens stated. “Andy’s going to have a very attention-grabbing take. It’s going to be his personal take, as a result of what we don’t need this movie to be is simply the fourth movie within the trilogy. This movie has to work in its personal approach. And that’s our job. That’s what we’re going to have to have the ability to do. I do know there’s loads of individuals on the market who will likely be like, oh no, why are they doing this? Why are they going again in? Nicely, that’s our job. Our job goes to should be to show why we predict that it’s a good suggestion.”
Learn extra about how Jackson, Boyens, and Serkis view The Hunt For Gollum over on Deadline. It’s at present on monitor for a 2026 launch.
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