On the issue of the One Ring, the entity known as Gollum famously said “we wants it, we needs it” — but it’s hard to feel the same about the incoming midquel starring Gollum himself. It’s been years since director Peter Jackson helmed the Hobbit prequels for New Line Cinema, and longer still since he delivered a near-perfect adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. This fantasy franchise, beloved as it is, doesn’t necessarily need a new installment. Of course, that hasn’t stopped Jackson, screenwriter Philippa Boyens, or Andy Serkis — who brought Gollum to life in both trilogies — from reuniting to deliver one.
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will, at best, be a fun walk down memory lane for both the creative team and the audiences who grew up on the Lord of the Rings films. Not unlike Prime Video’s prequel series, The Rings of Power, it’s taking a sliver of context found in Tolkien’s appendices and weaving it into a feature-length story. And with production officially underway, our return to Middle-earth is coming sooner than we think. Here’s everything we know about The Hunt for Gollum so far.
