The Lord of the Rings will be back in the cinema in December 2027

Warner Bros. Fixed an official release date for The Hunt for Gollum by Andy Serkis.

A few months after the glory release of the animated film The Lord of the Rings: The Rohirrim War (only $ 18 million in global revenue), Warner Bros. will try to relaunch the public’s interest in environment.

The studio announces that Gollum will officially make his comeback on the big screen for Christmas 2027. The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollumdirected by Andy Serkiswill come out in the cinema the December 17, 2027.

It will be the first film In real views of the Tolkian universe Since 2014year of exit of The battle of the five armies.

This new feature film is thus part of the six films made by Peter Jacksonbetween The Lord of the Rings And The Hobbitall released in December during the holiday season. Together, these two trilogies reported near $ 2.9 billion at the world box office. It is therefore surprising to see the studio betting again on the Christmas period.

Initially planned for 2026, The Hunt for Gollum was finally pushed over a year. Andy Serkisfamous for his interpretation of the cult character in motion captures since The two towers In 2002, resumed its role here while passing behind the camera. It will not be his first experience as a director: we owe him in particular Mowgli: The legend of the jungle And Venom: let there be carnage.

The project is produced by Peter Jackson,, French And Philippa Boyensthe three craftsmen of the original trilogy. Warner Bros. insisted: they will be involved “At each stage of the process”.

In the columns of the magazine Empire,, Boyens describes the film as “A fairly intense story“which takes place Between Bilbo’s birthday party and Moria mines. She specifies that it is “Of a very specific segment of an incredible story never told, seen through the prism of this fascinating creature “.

On the casting side, no name has yet been confirmed. But emblematic actors as Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) have already expressed their desire to come back, if the scenario lends itself to it.