The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will be directed by Andy Serkis, known for voicing and performance capturing Gollum in Peter Jacksonās Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. Since Jacksonās dual film trilogies, Serkis has directed a few big-budget project himself, including Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Jackson will co-produce the new Gollum-hunting flick with writing-producing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who also worked on the LOTR and Hobbit movies.
Last year, Boyens described The Hunt for Gollum as a stand-alone movie ā it wonāt be split across multiple films ā and āquite an intense story, which falls after the birthday party of Bilbo and before the Mines Of Moriaā in the original Fellowship of the Ring.
Itās unclear who besides Serkis will star in The Hunt for Gollum, considering much of the principle Lord of the Rings cast will have aged some 26 years since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring came out. Also, primary characters from Fellowship ā with the possible exception of Aragorn ā would understandably be busy doing other things during the time period when The Hunt for Gollum is set. Iām sure Jackson, Serkis, and screenwriters Walsh, Boyens Phoebe Gittins, and Arty Papageorgiou will figure something out.
