Fans are excited to have Andy Serkis return to the Lord of Rings franchise as his original character and as director for the upcoming movie The Hunt for Gollum.
Serkis revealsThe Hunt for Gollumis still too far into its early stages to say where the storyline is headed and if they will write in any of the original characters.
The actortoldDeadline,”That’s a difficult question to answer right at this moment in time, because we’re really in the nascent stages of what it is exactly where we’re doing, and where the story’s going to take us.
Details on The Hunt for Gollumare still unclear besides knowing that Serkis’s character will be a focal point. Many wonder when the movie will take place in the franchise as Gollum dies at the end of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He betrays Frodo at Mordor, acquires the ring, and then falls into the fiery pits below, killing himself and destroying the ring.
Between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, there’s room for original characters to return — like Frodo himself. It’s simply a question of how once the movie’s storyline is revealed.
According toScreenRant, the movie could bring back Thranduil, the ruler of Mirkwood. The character originally appeared in The Hobbit. In Return of The King’s appendices, Gandalf sends Aragorn on a mission to capture Gollum and, when he does, he takes Gollum him to Thranduil.
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“Gollum’s story is one of the most compelling to us in terms of a character that we couldn’t go as deeply into as we wanted to before, which sounds strange when you say that, given how familiar he is to everybody,” said Philippa Boyens. “Gollum’s life span takes place in such an interesting period of Middle-earth.”
It may be that fans will get a new side to Gollum. A side of the character that was never explored in the original franchise and introduces newcharacters from Tolkien’s books.
Gabriela Silva was a Senior TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Netflix originals, K-Drama, and Disney+ shows. She also has bylines at ScreenRant, Pop Br, and Showbiz Cheat Sheet.
