{"id":485145,"date":"2026-06-10T05:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/485145\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:14:15","slug":"the-lord-of-the-rings-star-reveals-unfortunate-the-hunt-for-gollum-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/485145\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Lord of the Rings’ Star Reveals Unfortunate ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The realm of fantasy is decked out with several stories that could very easily captivate one’s attention. However, it is arguably without question that the Lord of the Rings<\/a> trilogy reigns supreme as possibly the greatest cinematic achievement the genre has ever seen. From Howard Shore’s iconic score, which effortlessly captures all that is mythical, mysterious and inviting about Middle-earth, to the brilliance of the actors bringing the story to life, the Peter Jackson<\/a>-directed trilogy is simply unmatched.<\/p>\n

Elijah Wood Reveals One of the Most Iconic Lord of the Rings Moments Almost Didn’t Happen [Exclusive]<\/p>\n

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Based on the pioneering novels by J. R. R. Tolkien<\/a>, the trilogy follows Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) on a quest to destroy the One Ring, a powerful item capable of subduing all the free people of Middle-earth, aided by a group of friends and companions dubbed The Fellowship of the Ring<\/a>. Decades later, The Lord of the Rings is returning to tell new stories with the third season of Prime Video’s original series, The Rings of Power<\/a>, all set for a November 11 premiere date<\/a>. While Rings of Power returns us to Middle-Earth, albeit during the Second Age, one project takes us once more to the quite familiar Third Age. for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum<\/a>, a feature film directed by Andy Serkis<\/a>, is set to arrive on December 17, 2027.<\/p>\n

The eagerly anticipated project will follow Gollum in the years before the events of The Fellowship of the Ring as we build up to the War of the Ring. Besides directing, Serkis will return to his iconic role as Gollum, as will Wood, who will return to play the original trilogy’s main hero, Frodo Baggins, besides Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin), of course<\/a>. First time around, Wood enjoyed significant screen time, from his unassuming days in the Shire till he arrived at Mount Doom. However, in the upcoming project, such lengthy screen time is not in the plans. “I mean, it’s sort of like getting the band back together a little bit with that film,” Wood told GamesRadar+. “A lot of the creative team who were part of Lord of the Rings are part of Hunt for Gollum. I’m just looking forward to seeing all those people again. It feels like a family reunion.” When The Hunt for Gollum returns, it would be thoroughly exciting to see so many familiar faces<\/a> again, but Wood’s face will be fleeting. “My part to play is relatively small, but I’m just excited to go back and spend some time in New Zealand and see old friends,” he added.<\/p>\n

Collider Exclusive \u00b7 Middle-earth Quiz
\n Which Lord of the Rings
Race Do You Belong To?
\n Hobbit \u00b7 Elf \u00b7 Dwarf \u00b7 Man \u00b7 Orc<\/p>\n

Middle-earth is home to many peoples \u2014 the courageous, the ancient, the stubborn, the ambitious, and the wretched. Ten questions will determine which race truly claims your soul. The answer may surprise you. Or it may confirm what you already suspected.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf3fHobbit<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf1fElf<\/p>\n

\u2692\ufe0fDwarf<\/p>\n

\u2694\ufe0fMan<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc80Orc<\/p>\n

\n FIND YOUR RACE \u2192\n <\/p>\n

01<\/p>\n

What does your ideal day look like?
\n How we rest reveals as much as how we fight.<\/p>\n

\n AA long meal with good company, a pipe, and absolutely no unexpected adventures.
\n BWalking through ancient forests, composing verse, watching the stars emerge.
\n CDeep underground, the clang of hammer on anvil, crafting something that will outlast me.
\n DTraining, planning, preparing \u2014 there’s always something that needs defending.
\n ETaking what I want and making sure nobody tries to take it back.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

02<\/p>\n

How do you feel about the passing of time?
\n Our relationship with mortality shapes everything we value.<\/p>\n

\n AI have watched ages come and go. Time is a river I observe, not chase.
\n BThe days blur pleasantly. I don’t think about it much \u2014 there’s always second breakfast.
\n CLife is short. I want to leave something behind \u2014 a name, a legacy, a deed worth singing.
\n DTime means little underground. What matters is the work, and the work is never done.
\n ETime is something stronger things take from weaker ones. I intend to be the stronger one.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

03<\/p>\n

Danger is approaching. Your first instinct is to:
\n Fight, flight, or something in between \u2014 it’s more revealing than you’d think.<\/p>\n

\n AHide, and hope it passes. I’m no hero \u2014 and I’m fine with that.
\n BStand your ground. Someone has to, and it might as well be me.
\n CFade into the background and observe. Knowledge before action.
\n DCharge straight at it. Hesitation is just fear wearing a sensible hat.
\n EDig in, fortify, and wait. Ground is everything \u2014 never cede ground.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

04<\/p>\n

You stumble upon a great treasure. What do you feel?
\n What we desire \u2014 and what we do about it \u2014 is the true test.<\/p>\n

\n AMy heart swells \u2014 this is the work of my kin, and it belongs in my hands.
\n BExcited, but nervous. I’d rather it not cause trouble. Can I just leave it?
\n CMine. Obviously mine. Why is this even a question?
\n DBeautiful. Something this ancient deserves to be preserved and admired, not hoarded.
\n EA resource \u2014 and resources should serve those with the vision to use them.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

05<\/p>\n

How important is community and belonging to you?
\n No race of Middle-earth is truly alone \u2014 but some prefer it that way.<\/p>\n

\n AEverything. My neighbours, my village, my people \u2014 they are the point of it all.
\n BI cherish my kin deeply, but I feel connected to all living things, not just my own kind.
\n CI’ll protect my people with everything I have \u2014 but I don’t need anyone else’s approval.
\n DI prefer a tight-knit clan bound by loyalty and shared toil over any grand fellowship.
\n ECommunity is a pack. You’re either dominant or you’re used. I know which I prefer.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

06<\/p>\n

How ambitious are you, honestly?
\n Ambition is neither virtue nor vice \u2014 it depends entirely on what you want.<\/p>\n

\n ADeeply. I want to build something great, reclaim something lost, or leave a mark on history.
\n BI seek mastery and perfection \u2014 not power over others, but excellence in all I do.
\n CHonestly? I mostly just want a quiet life and for things to not go wrong.
\n DCompletely. I want to dominate, and I don’t see any point in pretending otherwise.
\n EAmbitious within my craft. I want to make the finest thing ever made by my people’s hands.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

07<\/p>\n

Where do you feel most at home in the natural world?
\n Middle-earth is vast \u2014 and every race has its place within it.<\/p>\n

\n AAncient forests, still pools, places where the world feels oldest and wisest.
\n BRolling green hills, good soil, somewhere you can grow things and watch them thrive.
\n CUnderground \u2014 caves, mines, tunnels. The dark doesn’t bother me. It’s where things are made.
\n DOpen plains, mountains, the kind of landscape that makes you feel the weight of history.
\n EBlasted wastelands, smoke, ash. Somewhere harsh enough to keep soft things away.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

08<\/p>\n

What kind of strength do you most respect?
\n Every race defines strength differently \u2014 and they’re all at least a little right.<\/p>\n

\n AThe strength to carry on when everything is telling you to stop.
\n BThe strength of stone \u2014 immovable, reliable, tested by pressure and time.
\n CThe strength to lead others and bear the cost of that responsibility.
\n DGrace under pressure \u2014 calm, precise, and lethal when it needs to be.
\n EBrute force. Everything else is just philosophy for those who lost.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

09<\/p>\n

What do you want to leave behind when you’re gone?
\n Legacy is the story we tell ourselves about why any of this matters.<\/p>\n

\n ASongs, poetry, beauty \u2014 something that outlasts the memory of who made it.
\n BThe knowledge that my corner of the world was a little safer and kinder because of me.
\n CFear. A reputation that means nobody ever dares come for mine.
\n DA name remembered. A deed that made a difference at a moment that mattered.
\n EA masterwork \u2014 something crafted so perfectly it becomes the standard all others are judged by.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Be honest \u2014 what do you actually want most out of life?
\n The truest question always comes last.<\/p>\n

\n APeace. Safety. Good food, good friends, and no one asking me to save anything.
\n BTo matter. To be part of something larger than myself, even at great cost.
\n CEternity \u2014 to witness all ages, to remember everything, and never be forgotten.
\n DDominance. To never again be at the mercy of anyone or anything.
\n EMastery of my craft and the respect of those who know the difference between good work and great work.\n <\/p>\n

REVEAL MY RACE \u2192<\/p>\n

Middle-earth Has Spoken
\n You Belong To\u2026<\/p>\n

The race that claimed the most of your answers is your true kin. If two tied, both are shown \u2014 you walk between worlds.<\/p>\n

\u25c6 A TIE \u2014 YOU WALK BETWEEN TWO RACES \u25c6<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf3f<\/p>\n

Your Race<\/p>\n

The Hobbits<\/p>\n

You are, at your core, a creature of comfort, community, and quiet joy \u2014 and there is nothing small about that. Hobbits are proof that heroism does not require ambition, that the bravest heart can beat inside the most unassuming chest. You value good food, warm hearths, close friends, and a world that stays largely untroubled by dark lords and quests. When adventure does find you \u2014 and it will \u2014 you rise to it not because you sought it, but because the people you love needed you to. That is not ordinary. That is the rarest kind of courage in all of Middle-earth.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n

Your Race<\/p>\n

The Elves<\/p>\n

Ancient, graceful, and carrying a weight of memory most mortals cannot fathom, you are one of the Elves. You see the world in its fullness \u2014 its beauty, its impermanence, the unbearable ache of watching everything you love eventually fade. You pursue perfection not from pride, but because excellence is how you honour the time you have been given. Others may see you as remote or melancholy. They are not wrong, exactly. But they mistake depth for distance. You feel everything \u2014 which is precisely why you have learned to carry it so quietly.<\/p>\n

\u2692\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Your Race<\/p>\n

The Dwarves<\/p>\n

Stubborn, proud, fiercely loyal, and possessed of a work ethic that would exhaust most other races before breakfast \u2014 you are Dwarf-kind through and through. You do not ask for approval and you do not offer it cheaply. Your loyalty, once given, is given for life. Your grudges last longer. You love deeply and defend ferociously, and the things you build \u2014 with your hands, with your sweat, with generations of accumulated craft \u2014 are made to last. Not for glory. Because anything worth doing is worth doing properly, and you have never once done anything by half measures.<\/p>\n

\u2694\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Your Race<\/p>\n

The Race of Men<\/p>\n

Mortal, ambitious, flawed, and magnificent \u2014 you belong to the most complicated race in Middle-earth, and that complexity is your greatest strength. Men are capable of cowardice and extraordinary bravery, of cruelty and breathtaking sacrifice, sometimes within the same breath. You feel the urgency of your finite years, and it drives you. You want to matter. You want to leave something behind. You fall, and you rise, and the rising is what defines you. Tolkien called mortality the Gift of Men \u2014 not a curse, but a fire that burns bright precisely because it does not burn forever. That fire is you.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc80<\/p>\n

Your Race<\/p>\n

The Orcs<\/p>\n

Brutal, survivalist, and contemptuous of anything that can’t defend itself \u2014 you answered with the instincts of an Orc, and there is a certain savage honesty in that. You do not dress up your desires in polite language or pretend you want things you don’t. You want power, survival, and to never be at the bottom of any hierarchy ever again. Orcs are not evil by nature \u2014 they were made from something that was once good, and broken into this shape by forces they did not choose. What remains is fierce, territorial, and deeply aware that the world is not kind. You’ve made your peace with that. The question is what you do with it.<\/p>\n

\n \u21bb RETAKE THE QUIZ\n <\/p>\n

What Happens in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’<\/p>\n

In the Third Age, after the One Ring came to Isildur, it became lost for generations before falling into the hands of Gollum. The Dark Lord Sauron had his forces continually searching for it. The Hunt for Gollum will offer a backstory of sorts for Smeagol beyond what we get in the original trilogy. Thanks to Wood speaking in a separate interview, the film will chronicle his slow transformation<\/a> from Smeagol to Gollum. Gollum’s pursuit of Bilbo Baggins after the hobbit takes the Ring from his cave. Also, we will see Rangers, charged with seeking Gollum in hopes of learning of the Rings’ location before the Dark Lord.<\/p>\n

Besides Serkis as Gollum and Wood as Frodo, the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum<\/a> also includes Ian McKellen (X-Men) as Gandalf the Grey<\/a> and Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy) as Thranduil. Kate Winslet (Titanic)<\/a> and Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) have also been cast, but the biggest news lies in one role in particular: Aragorn. The role was expertly played by Viggo Mortensen<\/a> in the original trilogy but fans will see Jamie Dornan (Belfast) step in as Aragorn<\/a>. The Hunt for Gollum also brings back the original creative team behind Jackson\u2019s trilogy, with Peter Jackson (King Kong), Fran Walsh (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), and Philippa Boyens (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) involved behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is scheduled to be released on December 17, 2027. Stay tuned at Collider for more.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 17, 2027<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArty Papageorgiou, Phoebe Gittins, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, J.R.R. Tolkien<\/a><\/p>\n

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