No Lord of the Rings fan is truly averse to more stories set in Middle-earth, especially if said story is set in the continuity of Peter Jackson’s big-screen adaptation. The 2000s-era trilogy is beloved by fans, and though the films that followed it didn’t exactly strike gold, Jackson and his collaborators seem eager to redeem themselves. Twenty years after The Fellowship of the Ring and 10 after the last Hobbit movie, the team could very well get their chance.
Jackson, writer Philippa Boyens, writer and producer Fran Walsh, and actor Andy Serkis are currently working on an all-new prequel set during the events of Fellowship, one meant to shed new light on one of the saga’s most complex characters. Tentatively named The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, the upcoming film will follow a quest to keep the halfling — and his knowledge of the One Ring — out of Sauron’s clutches.
