Ian McKellen confirms he’s been approached about enjoying Gandalf in The Hunt for Gollum, including that it may very well be a two-parter.
It was introduced earlier this yr that extra motion pictures within the Lord of the Rings franchise have been in improvement. The primary of those motion pictures shall be The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum starring Andy Serkis, who will even direct the movie; Or, maybe I ought to say… movies. Whereas talking on This Morning within the UK, Ian McKellen confirmed that he has been approached about reprising his position of Gandalf for The Hunt for Gollum, however he claims that the film will truly be a two-parter. Gotta milk that Center-earth, child!
“Properly, all I do know is that they known as me up and stated these movies have been going to occur, that [they’re] primarily going to be about Gollum,” McKellen stated. “Andy Serkis, who performed Gollum, goes to direct, and there shall be a script arriving someday within the new yr…after which I’ll decide whether or not I wish to return. I’m advised it’s two movies. I in all probability shouldn’t be saying this. However I haven’t learn the script, and I don’t know when it’s, and I don’t even know the place it will likely be filmed.“
As we don’t know a lot about The Hunt for Gollum‘s plot, it’s onerous to say whether or not there shall be sufficient story for 2 motion pictures. As we all know, The Hobbit was initially envisioned as a two-parter earlier than the selection was made to develop it to a few motion pictures. I feel we are able to agree that it unfold the story a bit of too skinny. That is simply hypothesis on my half, nevertheless it’s additionally attainable that the second film is one other Lord of the Rings undertaking that would contain Gandalf.
It’s been ten years since McKellen final performed Gandalf, however the 85-year-old actor just lately stated that if they need him to reprise the position as soon as once more, they’d “higher be fast” about it.
Serkis dropped a couple of teases about The Hunt for Gollum earlier this yr. “It’s so early; it will be unfair to decide to something at this level,” Serkis stated. “However I’ll say that it will likely be a deep dive the place we examine Gollum’s character. There could also be characters that we acknowledge that could be coming again. I’m not going to say who.“
Whereas we did see a variety of Gollum’s saga play out within the earlier six motion pictures, Peter Jackson has beforehand stated that there’s nonetheless a variety of story left to be advised. “The Gollum/Sméagol character has all the time fascinated me as a result of Gollum displays the worst of human nature, while his Sméagol facet is, arguably, fairly sympathetic,” Jackson stated. “I feel he connects with readers and movie audiences alike, as a result of there’s a bit of little bit of each of them in all of us. We actually wish to discover his backstory and delve into these components of his journey we didn’t have time to cowl within the earlier movies. It’s too quickly to know who will cross his path, however suffice to say we’ll take our lead from Professor Tolkien.“
Do you suppose The Hunt for Gollum will in the end include two motion pictures?
