{"id":564356,"date":"2026-04-04T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564356\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:46:10","slug":"elijah-wood-confirms-leo-woodall-as-the-new-aragorn-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564356\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Wood confirms Leo Woodall as the new Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a new actor emerging from the shadows as Aragorn in the forthcoming Lord of the Rings movie, The Hunt for Gollum, with the news that Leo Woodall has been confirmed as the future King of Gondor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/elijah-wood-confirms-leo-woodall-as-the-new-aragorn-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum\/leo-woodall-the-hunt-for-gollum-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1966412 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\" \" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1966412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/leo-woodall-the-hunt-for-gollum-600x354.jpeg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"354\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While director Andy Serkis had previously confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/aragorn-recast-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-confirmed-andy-serkis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ScreenRant<\/a> that a new actor was being sought to step into the iconic role perfected by Viggo Mortensen in Peter Jackson\u2019s original trilogy, he had distanced himself from any speculation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s out there at the moment, but I know there\u2019s a lot of speculation, but let\u2019s just say we are recasting the role and we are on the way to finding someone\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Elijah Wood has been acting like Frodo in The Prancing Pony and has let slip on Josh Horowitz\u2019s <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AXCcJdNBCkU&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AXCcJdNBCkU&amp;t=1s\" aria-label=\"Happy, Sad, Confused podcast\">Happy, Sad, Confused<\/a> podcast that Leo Woodall (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy) is indeed set to play Aragorn and that he has \u201ctough boots to fill\u201d. Take a look at the clip below\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elijah Wood talking about Leo Woodall as Aragorn and Kate Winslet in The Hunt for Gollum <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9UzmgXKqHd\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9UzmgXKqHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Mellon Heads \u2013 LOTR Podcast (@mellon_heads) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mellon_heads\/status\/2039696824865304806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news comes hot on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/kate-winslet-joins-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-in-lead-role\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Winslet joining Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen<\/a> in Middle-earth. Set for release sometime in 2027, The Hunt for Gollum tells the story of \u201cAragorn\u2019s quest to capture Gollum between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring, tracking him to keep the Ring\u2019s location from Sauron. The film explores Aragorn\u2019s early adventures as a ranger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let us know what you think of this casting news by heading to our social channels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flickeringmyth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FlickeringMyth<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\" \" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1848394 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Hunt-for-Gollum-600x348.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"348\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There will be a new actor emerging from the shadows as Aragorn in the forthcoming Lord of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":["post-564356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}