"The Hunt for Gollum": a new "Lord of the Rings" film will be released in 2026
He's doing it again: Peter Jackson is turning his attention to another Middle-earth film. A new film centred around the conflicted Gollum is set to hit the big screen in 2026.
Fans of Peter Jackson's films from J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" universe can rejoice: a new instalment is to be released in 2026. This was announced by David Zaslav, Managing Director of Warner Bros. Discovery, on Thursday during a conference on the group's quarterly figures.
What could the new film be about?
Peter Jackson and other actors from the earlier films are involved
Peter Jackson, director of the two previous trilogies, is also back on board, but this time as a producer. Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who co-wrote the screenplays for the previous instalments with Jackson, are also back as producers and screenwriters. The visual effects will be created by New Zealand studio Weta, which was also employed on the previous films.
The series "The Rings of Power", which has been produced by Amazon Prime Video since 2023, is not connected to the films or their creators. It is loosely based on events from the First Age of Middle-earth and takes place thousands of years before the plot of "The Lord of the Rings". <p
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