Overview
- Wood told The Sunday Times there is a “good chance” he will be involved in The Hunt for Gollum but said he cannot confirm it yet.
- Echoing Ian McKellen’s earlier convention tease about Gandalf and Frodo appearing, Wood vowed he wouldn’t want anyone else playing Frodo while he is “alive and able.”
- Warner Bros. and New Line plan to release The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum on December 17, 2027, with Andy Serkis directing and reprising Gollum.
- Peter Jackson returns as producer alongside Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, with Walsh and Boyens writing the screenplay with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou; Zane Weiner is also producing.
- Industry rumor claims Leo Woodall has been tapped to play a younger Aragorn/Strider, but the studio has not confirmed the casting; the story is set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.