{"id":336290,"date":"2026-03-09T03:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/336290\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:32:09","slug":"anya-taylor-joy-up-for-hunt-for-gollum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/336290\/","title":{"rendered":"Anya Taylor-Joy Up For &#8220;Hunt for Gollum&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/anya-taylor-joy-up-for-hunt-for-gollum.jpg\" data-caption=\"Searchlight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/anya-taylor-joy-up-for-hunt-for-gollum.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"anya-taylor-joy-up-for-hunt-for-gollum\"\/><\/a>Searchlight<\/p>\n<p>Less than a day since a report emerged claiming Leo Woodall is up for playing the younger version of Aragorn, another casting rumor for the Andy Serkis-directed \u201cThe Hunt for Gollum\u201d has appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Scooper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/DanielRPK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DanielRPK<\/a> is reporting that none other than \u201cFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga\u201d and \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d star Anya Taylor-Joy is up for a role in the project.<\/p>\n<p>No specifics of her potential role have been revealed, though previous reports indicate the movie boasts two major new female roles \u2013 one older, one younger.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, the film will be set in the period between \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d and \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d trilogies as Gandalf sends Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum before he can be captured by the forces of Mordor and tell them where the ring is.<\/p>\n<p>The casting rumours come about two months ahead of the film\u2019s shoot this coming May in New Zealand, with actors rushing to be locked in alongside returnees like Serkis, Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood.<\/p>\n<p>The actress will shortly be doing press for her voice role as Princess Peach in \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d opening April 1st, and has already shot her part in Denis Villeneuve\u2019s \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d opening in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum\u201d is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on December 17th 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Searchlight Less than a day since a report emerged claiming Leo Woodall is up for playing the younger&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[73545,93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-336290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}