Overview
- Deadline confirms Winslet will take the movie’s principal female role, though details of her character remain under wraps.
- Winslet is expected to relocate to New Zealand for a months-long shoot after being courted by Serkis and producer Peter Jackson.
- Andy Serkis directs and reprises Gollum, with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens producing from a script by Boyens, Walsh, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou.
- The story is set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring and centers on Aragorn’s pursuit of Gollum drawn from briefly noted Tolkien material.
- Warner Bros. is targeting a December 17, 2027 theatrical release, with returns for Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood widely reported but not officially confirmed and other casting rumors unverified.