Gandalf and Frodon will be in the movie Gollum by Andy Serkis, announces Ian McKellen
He also revealed the date of launching the shooting.
Since the announcement of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollumno information has been revealed on the official casting of the new film in the universe of the Lord of the Rings, directed by Andy Serkis (which will of course embody the title role), whose release is scheduled for December 2027.
Ian McKellen has just released a bomb by revealing the presence of two iconic characters in the saga during a fantasy panel organized in London (via Entertainment Weekly):
“”I heard that there would be another film located in midfielder, whose shooting will start in May. It will be produced by Gollum and will be centered on Gollum. I will give you two secrets concerning the casting: there is a character in the film named Frodon, and there is another character named Gandalf. I don’t have the right to say more!“”
Here is a very exciting, but also blurred announcement. Ian McKellen talks about the characters of Frodon and Gandalf, and is careful not to specify if he will himself be back in the role of the famous magician, or if Elijah Wood will recover in the shoes of the Hobbit.
But the British actor had already publicly mentioned his participation in the film on Gollum, and his report to Gandalf, whom he played in the six films of the saga directed by Peter Jackson: “If I can prevent it, I won’t let anyone wear the pointed hat and the beard“He replied to the BBC last year.
Repelled by one year, The Hunt for Gollum has experienced galleys of development, but things seem to move. The script is apparently completed, but there is still a huge pre-production work, which is why the shooting will not start only in 8 months. We should soon know more about the casting, but also the intrigue of the film.
The historic trio of the saga, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, will be back in production. In 2024, in the columns ofEmpirethe latter presenting The Hunt for Gollum like a “Quite intense story taking place after Bilbon’s birthday evening and before the Moria mine. It is a specific part of an incredible story that has never been told, told from the point of view of this incredible creature.“”
An eponymous fan film was released in 2009 on YouTube, where he has to date 14 million views. It is based on a brief extract from the appendages of Ringsmentioning the hunting of Gollum by Gandalf and Aragorn which lasted eight years. During this period, Gollum ventures into Mordor and was captured by Sauron.
