Overview
- Multiple outlets cite a rumor from scooper Daniel Richtman that Leo Woodall is in talks to play Aragorn/Strider in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, though no official casting has been announced.
- Andy Serkis is directing the film and will reprise Gollum, with original trilogy stewards Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens producing.
- Production is reportedly targeting a May start in New Zealand, with a theatrical release planned for December 2027.
- Online reaction to the potential recasting is divided, with skepticism about replacing Viggo Mortensen and debate over Woodall’s apparent age for the timeline.
- Elijah Wood said he would not want anyone else to play Frodo "as long as I'm alive and able" and expressed excitement about the prospect of another film.