{"id":531574,"date":"2026-04-15T04:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/531574\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T04:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:46:11","slug":"jamie-dornan-to-play-strider-in-hunt-for-gollum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/531574\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Dornan To Play Strider In ‘Hunt For Gollum’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWarner Bros.<\/a> has announced new cast for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum<\/a> with Jamie Dornan playing Strider \u2013an alias used by Aragorn \u2014 and Leo Woodall playing Halvard. (Strider was played in the previous LOTR films by Viggo Mortensen.) <\/p>\n

\n\tAndy Serkis<\/a>, who is directing, will reprise his role of Gollum, with Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen returning as Frodo and Gandalf. Lee Pace also is back as Thranduil. Deadline previously reported<\/a> that Kate Winslet will be joining the film in the role of Marigol.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe news came during the studio\u2019s presentation at CinemaCon<\/a> in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\n\tA return to New Line\u2019s Middle-earth franchise, which is based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hunt for Gollum follows Aragorn\u2019s perilous quest to capture Gollum before the creature can reveal the Ring\u2019s location to Sauron. The story, much of it developed from Tolkien\u2019s footnotes, is set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.<\/p>\n

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\n\tGollum\/Sm\u00e9agol voice actor Serkis directs, with Wood as Frodo Baggins, Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Serkis as Gollum \u2014 roles the three have played since Peter Jackson directed them in 2001\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. That trilogy also features 2002\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and 2003\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which won the Best Picture Oscar.<\/p>\n

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\n\tPhilippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou penned The Hunt for Gollum\u2018s script, with Jackson, Boyens, Walsh and Zane Weiner set to produce. The film is slated for release on December 17, 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrevious installments in Jackson\u2019s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies have grossed nearly $6 billion worldwide in total. The new movie marks the first live-action theatrical return to Tolkien\u2019s world for Warner Bros. since The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. It comes on the heels of the 2024 anime The War of the Rohirrim.<\/p>\n

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